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Public Health

2009

Smoking

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Internally-Developed Teen Smoking Cessation Programs: Characterizing The Unique Features Of Programs Developed By Community-Based Organizations, Kymberle L. Sterling, Susan J. Curry, Sherry Emery, Amy K. Sporer, Robin J. Mermelstein, Michael Berbaum, Brian Flay Mar 2009

Internally-Developed Teen Smoking Cessation Programs: Characterizing The Unique Features Of Programs Developed By Community-Based Organizations, Kymberle L. Sterling, Susan J. Curry, Sherry Emery, Amy K. Sporer, Robin J. Mermelstein, Michael Berbaum, Brian Flay

Public Health Faculty Publications

We have compared the unique features of teen tobacco cessation programs developed internally by community-based organizations (N=75) to prepackaged programs disseminated nationally (N=234) to expand our knowledge of treatment options for teen smokers. Internally-developed programs were more likely offered in response to the sponsoring organization’s initiative (OR=2.16, p