School-Based Tobacco Control and Smoking in Adolescents: Evidence from Multilevel Analyses.

ABSTRACT: Since 2015, universal comprehensive school-based tobacco control programs have been provided in all primary and secondary schools in Korea. This study explored the association of school-level tobacco control with adolescent smoking, and the interactions to investigate whether gender moderates the impact of school tobacco control programs and school-level norms. Both school- and individual-level data were drawn from the 2015 School-Based Tobacco Prevention Program Survey. Multilevel logistic regression analyses were performed using data from 4631 students (ages 10-18 years) who were nested in 62 secondary schools in Seoul, Korea. Students who participated in more prevention programs were less likely to smoke (OR = 0.47, 95% CI 0.30-0.74). The effect of the programs was significantly moderat

SUBMITTER: Kim SY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7277168 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature