Hygiena 2007, 52(4):100-104

Are the Antismoking Programmes on the Primary Schools Effective?

Veronika Zachovalová
Ústav preventivního lékařství LF MU, Brno

The educational programme "Our Class Does Not Smoke" has been designed for higher grade elementary school children and is based on the active influence of non-smoking children on their classmates, making it possible that a non-smoking environment is perceived as a social norm. The programme is derived from the Smokefree Class Competition project implemented in most EU 15 countries.
In the school year 2005/2006, altogether, 255 students of 11 eighth-grade classes from 3 elementary schools in Brno and two elementary schools in other localities (Kostelec u Holešova, Frýdek-Místek) joined the programme.
From an anonymous questionnaire survey, it follows that the programme had a positive impact on the students' behaviour: within 6 months, the prevalence of smokers significantly decreased (from 18.7 % to 10.4 %, p<0.05) in respondents who participated in the programme while in the control group, the prevalence of smokers remained unchanged. All students from two classes met the major criterion of the competition, i.e. to be completely smoke-free for 4 months.
The program can be recommended for wider use, with the start moved to seventh-grade classes.

Keywords: Our Class Does Not Smoke - Smokefree Class Competition

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