Effects of a school tobacco policy on student smoking and snus use
(2020) In Health Behavior and Policy Review 7(4). p.358-365- Abstract
Objective: A school tobacco policy (STP) commonly is used to reduce smoking among adoles-cents, but the effectiveness of such programs is unclear. We evaluated the impact of an STP on tobacco use in 4 schools. Methods: The study included 4 intervention and 4 control schools, located in the inner city of Stockholm, Sweden. Schools self-selected for assignment to either an intervention program or a comparison group. In total, the study was comprised of 2671 students in grades 9 and 11, ages 15 to 18, and 1998 students (75%) responded to the questionnaire. We used a repeated cross-sectional design with assessment of tobacco use prevalence before im-plementation of the STP in 2016 and after 2 years under the program, in 2018. Results: Two... (More)
Objective: A school tobacco policy (STP) commonly is used to reduce smoking among adoles-cents, but the effectiveness of such programs is unclear. We evaluated the impact of an STP on tobacco use in 4 schools. Methods: The study included 4 intervention and 4 control schools, located in the inner city of Stockholm, Sweden. Schools self-selected for assignment to either an intervention program or a comparison group. In total, the study was comprised of 2671 students in grades 9 and 11, ages 15 to 18, and 1998 students (75%) responded to the questionnaire. We used a repeated cross-sectional design with assessment of tobacco use prevalence before im-plementation of the STP in 2016 and after 2 years under the program, in 2018. Results: Two years after the STP, the intervention school in grade 9 showed a lower prevalence (13.5% vs 1.6%) in the proportion of students who reported smoking (χ2 = 4.54; p < .05) whereas the proportion reporting snus use was practically unchanged. We found no statistically significant impact of the STP for grade 11. Conclusions: The results are promising with regard to smoking, when the STP is implemented in early adolescence.
(Less)
- author
- Källmén, Håkan ; Wennberg, Peter ; Sohlberg, Tove and Larsson, Matz LU
- organization
- publishing date
- 2020
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- Health communication, Public health, School health, Smoking, Snus use, Tobacco use and control
- in
- Health Behavior and Policy Review
- volume
- 7
- issue
- 4
- pages
- 8 pages
- publisher
- Paris Scholar Publishing, Ltd.
- external identifiers
-
- scopus:85091524748
- ISSN
- 2326-4403
- DOI
- 10.14485/HBPR.7.4.9
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
- id
- 720ac2e7-17e3-464f-98b2-e3a971374bfc
- date added to LUP
- 2020-11-20 14:43:12
- date last changed
- 2024-01-02 22:55:26
@article{720ac2e7-17e3-464f-98b2-e3a971374bfc, abstract = {{<p>Objective: A school tobacco policy (STP) commonly is used to reduce smoking among adoles-cents, but the effectiveness of such programs is unclear. We evaluated the impact of an STP on tobacco use in 4 schools. Methods: The study included 4 intervention and 4 control schools, located in the inner city of Stockholm, Sweden. Schools self-selected for assignment to either an intervention program or a comparison group. In total, the study was comprised of 2671 students in grades 9 and 11, ages 15 to 18, and 1998 students (75%) responded to the questionnaire. We used a repeated cross-sectional design with assessment of tobacco use prevalence before im-plementation of the STP in 2016 and after 2 years under the program, in 2018. Results: Two years after the STP, the intervention school in grade 9 showed a lower prevalence (13.5% vs 1.6%) in the proportion of students who reported smoking (χ<sup>2</sup> = 4.54; p < .05) whereas the proportion reporting snus use was practically unchanged. We found no statistically significant impact of the STP for grade 11. Conclusions: The results are promising with regard to smoking, when the STP is implemented in early adolescence.</p>}}, author = {{Källmén, Håkan and Wennberg, Peter and Sohlberg, Tove and Larsson, Matz}}, issn = {{2326-4403}}, keywords = {{Health communication; Public health; School health; Smoking; Snus use; Tobacco use and control}}, language = {{eng}}, number = {{4}}, pages = {{358--365}}, publisher = {{Paris Scholar Publishing, Ltd.}}, series = {{Health Behavior and Policy Review}}, title = {{Effects of a school tobacco policy on student smoking and snus use}}, url = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.14485/HBPR.7.4.9}}, doi = {{10.14485/HBPR.7.4.9}}, volume = {{7}}, year = {{2020}}, }