[The association between school tobacco policies and the perceived smoking prevalence of adolescents].

ABSTRACT:

Background

In the German context, there is hardly any quantitative data about the implementation of school tobacco polices that include the perspective of both teachers and students. The aim of the study is to investigate the associations between implemented school tobacco policies and the perceived prevalence of smoking at the level of school staff and adolescents.

Methods

The repeated cross-sectional study (2013 and 2017) is based on pooled responses of 13- to 17-year-old adolescents (N = 2393) and school staff (N = 85) from 25 schools located in the West German metropolitan region of Hanover. In linear regression models, average marginal effects (AMEs) with 95% confidence intervals (CI95%) and robust standard errors for perceived tobacco prevalence are reported separately

SUBMITTER: Mlinaric M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7772164 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature