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Family and school based programmes to prevent smoking

Summary of the evidence

Rating
  • Beneficial

Multi-component programmes, with both family and schools interventions, for preventing smoking by children and adolescents were found in a systematic review (Thomas et.al., 2015, 27 RCTs), to be more effective than school-only intervention in:

  • reducing smokng in adolescents who never smoked at baseline (2 RCTs, N = 2 301)  (RR = 0.85, 95 % CI 0.75–0.96)
  • reducing smoking in adolescents who were smokers at baseline (1 RCT, N = 1 096)  (RR = 0.60, 95 % CI 0.38–0.94)

Details

Note: this evidence summary is only valid for the outcomes, target groups, settings and substances/patterns of use described below.

Name of response option
  • Multi-component prevention interventions
Desired outcome(s)
  • reduce substance use
Area(s)
  • Prevention
Specific substance or pattern of use
  • tobacco
Target group(s) or setting(s)
  • families
  • school

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