Epidemiology of smoking Smoking remains the single most preventable cause of disease morbidity and mortality worldwide1 and young adolescence is the age at which young people start to experiment with tobacco products. Studies show a dramatic increase in smoking between puberty and young adulthood.2 The early onset of smoking is one of the most important […]
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European projects HELP – For a life without tobacco. An initiative of the European Union European Network for Smoking Prevention (ENSP). Combining efforts for tobacco control in Europe Other projects Youth Tobacco Prevention (U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) Nicotine Free Kids Websites of participating countries Belgium Finland Germany Iceland Italy Luxembourg Spain Switzerland
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Andrea von Nieding-Waechter is the German co-ordinator for the Smokefree Class Competition in Berlin. She accompanied the Spanish winner class from Guadalajara on their visit to the Friedrich-Engels-Gymnasium in Berlin where the Spanish pupils met German pupils. Andrea was delighted to see the “get together” of the pupils and illustrates her impressions of the meeting:
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In NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2001 the fifth round started all over Europe. In the fifth round pupils from Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Iceland, Israel, Luxembourg, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, the Netherlands and the UK will participate. Some countries have publicated a portrait of their national campagne or created an own webside. The country-names
Partners from all over Europe who are engaged in Smokefree Class Competition collaborate in the Smokefree Class Network. The Institute of Therapy and Health Research (IFT-Nord, Kiel Germany) is in charge of the coordination of this network. The SFC-Network is funded by an operating grant of the European Union in the framework of the Health
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In the following tables the participation and retention rates of the past 13 years are listed. Country Registeredschools Registeredclasses Retention ratesfor classes Belgium 267 2180 Bulgaria 91 102 Estonia 223 840 Finland 207 1176 France 530 Germany 3869 10587 Iceland 127 291 Italy 184 735 Luxembourg
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The Society for Prevention Research1 published standards to assist practitioners, policy makers, and administrators to determine which interventions are efficacious, which are effective, and which are ready for dissemination. The Smokefree Class Competition meets these standards and is therefore suitable to “go to scale”. Process evaluation Several process evaluation studies have been carried out in
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Social learning theory and de-normalisation of smoking There are many smoking prevention programmes based on the information and fear arousal approach addressing the long-term negative health consequences of smoking.1,2 However, these programmes show only very limited effects on actual behaviour and attitudes in young people.3,4 In contrast to the “traditional” approaches, the theoretical foundation of
