Smoking initiation Mental and Behavioural Disorders Mental and behavioural disorders due to use of tobacco
Conditions
Interventions
There are two conditions: intervention and control. The research involves teachers delivering either an intervention OR control session every six months over a period of four years between the ages of
No thanks, I don?t want the habit
No cancer sticks for me
No thanks, smoking makes you smell bad
No, it?s bad for your health?). Participants are required to check the options they plan to use or to write in an additional response. Similarly participants will be required to check where they would
I will not smoke at home
I will not smoke at a party
I will not smoke with my friends
I will not smoke if offered a cigarette?) and when they would not smoke (e.g., ?I think I can make sure I don?t smoke?) and to agree to their plan.
Control - Homework Condition
Sponsors
University of Leeds (UK)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Year 7 female and male high school students (starting high school in October 2012) from the Leeds and Staffordshire area. 2. At baseline students will be aged between 11-12 years. At the end of the study participants will be aged between 15-16 years.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Does not meet inclusion criteria
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Smoking initiation based on objective measures: carbon monoxide (CO) test. CO will be assessed at baseline and at 12, 24, 36 and 48 months post baseline in order to explore the time periods over which the intervention might be best targeted. The primary outcome will be the data from the final time point. Our objective measure of smoking will be obtained from breath carbon monoxide monitors (Micro+ Smokerlyzer® CO Monitor, Bedfont Scientific Limited, Kent, England). This instrument gives a measure of carbon monoxide in the breath in parts per million (ppm) accurate to within 2% based upon exhaling one breath into the device and has been adapted for use in adolescent samples. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Self-reported smoking is our secondary outcome measure. Self-reported smoking and measures of cognitions will be collected via questionnaire completed individually but in a classroom setting (assessed at baseline, 12, 24, 36, and 48 months post baseline). The key secondary outcome measure will be self-reported smoking at the final time point. Self-reported smoking will be assessed by standard measures (as used in national surveys and our previous research; Conner & Higgins, 2010; Jarvis, 1997). We will also measure smoking cognitions (e.g., beliefs about smoking, attitudes to smoking, intentions to resist smoking, self-efficacy over resisting, family smoking and friends smoking). | — |
Countries
United Kingdom
Outcome results
None listed