Follow-up study of a field-based campaign against tobacco usage for children in grades six through eight

An antitobacco program conducted from 1987 through 1989 was duplicated for the 1991 school year in the Bryan, Tex, school district with a different sociological setting and a different group of program presenters. The only common variable was the program that was administered. The program was administered in one school, and the other two campuses served as controls. The mean scores from the survey, analyzed by analysis of variance procedures, indicated that while the control schools had a decrease in inhibitions against tobacco use, the treatment school had a slight increase in the inhibitions. Because of the loss of data and pretest differences between the program school and one of the control schools, we suspended judgment concerning the effectiveness of the program. However, the results are of such practical importance that suggestions for further study are indicated.