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Promoting Tobacco Abstinence Among Older Adolescents in Dental Clinics

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 February 2012

Harry A. Lando ,
Deborah Hennrikus ,
Raymond Boyle ,
DeAnn Lazovich ,
Eric Stafne  and
Brad Rindal
Harry A. Lando*
Affiliation:
Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, United States of America. [email protected]
Deborah Hennrikus
Affiliation:
Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, United States of America.
Raymond Boyle
Affiliation:
HealthPartners Research Foundation, Bloomington, Minnesota, United States of America.
DeAnn Lazovich
Affiliation:
Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, United States of America.
Eric Stafne
Affiliation:
School of Dentistry, University of Minnesota, United States of America.
Brad Rindal
Affiliation:
HealthPartners Research Foundation, Bloomington, Minnesota, United States of America.
*
*Address for correspondence: Harry A. Lando, University of Minnesota, Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, 1300 South Second Street, Suite 300, Minneapolis, MN 55454–1015, USA.
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Abstract

The health care setting, and most notably dental clinics, may hold promise in delivering effective tobacco intervention to adolescents. Adolescents between the ages of 14 and 17 were randomly assigned to brief advice from dental hygienists and dentists only or to brief advice plus a motivational interview and follow-up telephone contact from a study hygienist. Due to difficulties in identifying and recruiting subjects, study goals were expanded from cessation only to cessation and prevention. No differences in smoking prevalence were found between treatment conditions at either 3- or 12-month follow-up. Firm conclusions cannot be drawn about the effectiveness of treatment due both to problems in enrolling subjects and limited implementation of the motivational intervention.

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Journal of Smoking Cessation , Volume 2 , Issue 1 , 01 May 2007 , pp. 23 - 30
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2007

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