Concise History of School-Based Smoking Prevention Research: A Pendulum Effect Case Study

• NCJ Number: 233686
• Journal: Journal of Drug Education Volume: 40 Issue: 3 Dated: 2010 Pages: 217-226
• Author(s): Steve Sussman; David S Black; Louise. A. Rohrbach
• Date Published: 2010
• Length: 10 pages
• Grant Number(s): DA13814; DA016090; DA020138
• Sponsoring Agency: National Institute on Drug Abuse
• Publication Format: Article
• Publication Type: Issue Overview
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

This article illustrates the pendulum effect as it applies to the evolution of school-based smoking prevention research in the United States.

Abstract

School-based cigarette smoking prevention was initiated shortly after the first Surgeon General's Report in 1964. This article highlights a sequence of events by which school-based tobacco use prevention research developed as a science, and illustrates a pendulum effect, with confidence in tobacco use prevention increasing and decreasing at different points in time. Suggestions are offered to advance school-based smoking prevention research. (Published Abstract) References