The purpose of this study was to determine if a school-based multi-session group smoking cessation program is more effective than a single session group program.
The investigators reformatted two group smoking cessation programs (the NOT program of the American Lung Association and Kicking Butts), both of which involve 50 minute sessions delivered once weekly, into a program that could be delivered during school lunch periods (25-30 minutes) twice weekly. Smoking status was subsequently assessed over the 12 month period following the intervention,
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
407
Students in this arm of the study received the reformatted NOT intervention
Students in this arm were randomized to receive a single group session on smoking cessation and were given youth oriented informational pamphlets
Students in this arm of the study were randomized to receive the reformatted Kicking Butts intervention
Northwestern High School
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Walbrook High School
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Patterson High School
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Southern High School/Digital Harbor
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Self reported quit status (Student identifies self as non-smoker and no smoking for 30 days)
Time frame: End of program and 1, 3, 6 and 12 months later
Salivary cotinine level
Time frame: End of program and 1, 6 and 12 months later
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Students in this arm were randomized to receive a single group session on smoking cessation and were given youth oriented informational pamphlets
Long Reach High School
Columbia, Maryland, United States
Hammond High School
Columbia, Maryland, United States
Mount Hebron High School
Ellicott City, Maryland, United States
Howard High School
Ellicott City, Maryland, United States