Smoking
Conditions
Keywords
Smoking, Adolescence, Brief intervention
Brief summary
The purpose of this study was to see whether a brief intervention given in adolescence has an effect on smoking in adulthood. The investigators also wanted to clarify the significance of some known psychosocial risk factors of smoking in adulthood.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALBrief intervention
The adolescents were shown a series of photographs of discoloured teeth caused by smoking. Then a mirror was given to the adolescent to let him/her see if similar stains could be seen on his/her teeth. Non-smoking adolescents also received positive feedback for being non-smokers. Duration of a single brief intervention was 2-3 minutes.
Sponsors
Medical Research Fund of the Tampere University Hospital, Finland
Tampere University Hospital
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
12 Years to 29 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Born on 1979. * Living in Vaasa, Pietarsaari, Kokkola or Seinäjoki at school age.
Exclusion criteria
* Other year of birth.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| being a smoker | 29 years |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| daily smoking | 15 years | — |
| amount of cigarettes smoked | 29 years | — |
| smoking mother | 15 years | — |
| smoking father | 15 years | — |
| smoking sister | 15 years | — |
| smoking brother | 15 years | — |
| smoking best friend | 15 years | — |
| state of dental health | 29 years | Decayed Missing and Filled Teeth (DMFT, DMF), Decayed teeth (DT, D), Community Periodontal Index of Treatment Need (CPITN, CPIN) |
| self-perceived health | 29 years | — |
| asthma diagnosis | 29 years | — |
| recurrent airway tract infections | 29 years | — |
| self esteem | 15 years | A 10-step questionnaire |
| smoking time | 29 years | — |
| received 1-4 brief interventions at school age (Yes/No) | 12-15 years | — |
| willingness to experiment with smoking | 15 years | — |
Countries
Finland
Outcome results
None listed