A theory-based smoking intervention for Chinese high school students: Development, implementation, and evaluation

This thesis investigated adolescent smoking in Kunming, China. China is a country with over 300 million smokers where smoking prevention is a crucial health priority. Comprising development, implementation, and evaluation, the school-based smoking intervention in this PhD deepened the understanding of adolescent smoking in China, providing suggestions for future research. Although limited effects in curbing pro-smoking attitudes were demonstrated, the high smoking prevalence in wider society likely undermined the power of the intervention. This thesis suggested that, rather than focusing on personal cognitive levels of intervention, policy-level and community-based interventions are more likely to be effective in reducing adolescent smoking.

中文摘要

此论文调查了中国昆明市青少年的吸烟行为。中国现有逾三亿吸烟者，烟草防控乃卫生之要务。经过开发、实施及评估三个环节，此博士课题中的校园控烟干预更深地理解了中国青少年吸烟行为，亦对今后研究提供了参考建议。干预仅在态度方面显示出预期效果，大环境中的高吸烟率或削弱了此干预的效力。此论文认为，较之个体认知层面的干预，政策层面和社区层面的干预或更利于减少青少年吸烟。