Did youth smoking behaviors change before and after the shutdown of Minnesota Youth Tobacco Prevention Initiative?

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

No previous studies document the effects of both comprehensive tobacco control and its defunding on youth smoking. This study tests the effect of the youth-focused Minnesota Youth Tobacco Prevention Initiative (MYTPI) and its shutdown on youth smoking and determines whether these effects differed by age.

Methods

The Minnesota Adolescent Community Cohort is a population-based, observational study designed to evaluate the MYTPI. The sample included cohorts of youth aged 12-16 years at baseline in Minnesota (N = 3,636) and a comparison group in six other Midwestern states (n = 605). Biannual surveys assessed youth smoking from October 2000, 5 months after the MYTPI launch, through October 2005, 2 years postshutdown. Adjusted piecewise linear trajectories predicted

SUBMITTER: Alesci NL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2746837 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature