A Smoking Prevention Program Delivered by Medical Students to Secondary Schools in Brazil Called “Education Against Tobacco”: Randomized Controlled Trial

Conclusions: To our knowledge, this is the first randomized trial on school-based tobacco prevention in Brazil that shows significant long-term favorable effects. The EAT program encourages quitting and prevents smoking onset, especially among males and students with low educational background. Trial Registration: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT02725021; https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT02725021

Source: Journal of Medical Internet Research - February 21, 2019 Category: General Medicine Authors: Oscar Campos Lisboa Breno Bernardes-Souza Luiz Eduardo De Freitas Xavier Matheus Rocha Almeida Paulo C ésar Rodrigues Pinto Corrêa Titus Josef Brinker Source Type: research