Pilot study of smoking, alcohol and drug abuse prevention.
- 1 July 1980
- journal article
- Published by American Public Health Association in American Journal of Public Health
- Vol. 70 (7) , 719-721
- https://doi.org/10.2105/ajph.70.7.719
Abstract
A longitudinal pilot study gathered data on the onset and prevention of smoking, alcohol, and drug abuse among 526 students from two junior-high-schools in California. Over two school years, students who were trained to resist social pressures toward tobacco, alcohol, and drug use began smoking at less than one-half the rate of those who did not receive special training. Frequent alcohol and marijuana use was also less prevalent among the students who received such training.Keywords
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