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Internally-Developed Teen Smoking Cessation Programs: Characterizing the Unique Features of Programs Developed by Community-Based Organizations

Sterling, Kymberle L.
Curry, Susan J.
Emery, Sherry
Sporer, Amy K.
Mermelstein, Robin J.
Berbaum, Michael
Flay, Brian
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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

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<p>© 2009 by the authors; licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/" title="Creative Commons Attribution license 3.0">Creative Commons Attribution license</a>, originally published in <a href="http://www.mdpi.com/journal/ijerph" title="International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health">International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health</a>.</p>
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2009-03-01
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Research Projects
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Teens, Smoking, Tobacco, Cessation, Treatment, Interventions
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Sterling, K. L., et. al. (2009). Internally-developed youth smoking cessation programs: characterizing the unique features of "home grown" programs developed by community-based organizations. <em>International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 6</em>(3), 1026-1040. doi:10.3390/ijerph6031026. PMID:19440431
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