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Evaluation Of The N-O-T Program For Smoking Cessation Among High School Students, Whitney Jaye Erickson
Evaluation Of The N-O-T Program For Smoking Cessation Among High School Students, Whitney Jaye Erickson
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Adolescents and young adults use more tobacco than all other adults, yet the percentage of this younger population eventually quitting the use of tobacco is lower. There is little evidence-based research to support adolescent smoking cessation programs. Using social learning theory (SLT) and the stages of change model, the purpose of this project was to evaluate the effectiveness of the Not-On-Tobacco (N-O-T) program, an evidence-based adolescent smoking cessation program, in reducing or preventing the number of cigarettes smoked by high school boarding students and to evaluate how best to individualize the program for this high school going forward. The DNP …
Evaluating The Impact Of A Smoking Cessation Program., Gideon Eke
Evaluating The Impact Of A Smoking Cessation Program., Gideon Eke
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Forty-six million individuals in the United States used tobacco products. People who use
tobacco products attempt numerous strategies before giving up smoking habit altogether. The goal of this project was to evaluate the impact of a tobacco cessation program by evaluating pre-and post-cessation program data, and hospital records of participants attending the hospital smoking cessation program over a 6-month period to ascertain the degree of reduction in tobacco use and hospitalization from smoking-related diseases. The population sample comprised of both men and women between the ages of 18 years and above. The project question addressed whether the smoking cessation program …