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The Prevention Researcher

Behavioral research for professionals working with adolescents and at-risk youth.

A journal from Integrated Research Services, Inc.

Youth Smoking Prevention: What Works?

By Paula M. Lantz, Ph.D., Peter D. Jacobson, J.D., M.P.H., & Kenneth E. Warner, Ph.D.
The Prevention Researcher,
Volume 8, Number 2, 2001, Pages 1,3-6


Abstract:
This article briefly summarizes the literature regarding efforts to discourage youth from smoking. School-based educational interventions, community interventions, mass media/public education, tobacco advertising restrictions, youth access restrictions, and tobacco excise taxes are all examined.

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