# COMMUNITY INTERVENTION TO REDUCE ADOLESCENT TOBACCO USE

> **NIH NIH R01** · OREGON RESEARCH INSTITUTE · 1991 · $795,815

## Abstract

This project will develop and experimentally evaluate the effects of a
comprehensive smoking prevention program that is an extensive revision of
an existing program.  The research has four major aims:  (1) to compare the
effects of the program with a no treatment control condition at the end of
one, two, three, and four years of intervention; (2) to experimentally test
whether deterrence is increased with a greater number of years of
intervention; (3) to determine whether smoking prevention effects are
stronger when the program is targeted on middle schools or high schools;
and (4) to assess whether having peer leaders conduct the program is more
effective than having teachers present it.  The presention program focuses
on teaching young people skills for dealing with social pressures to
smoke.  It is more extensive than previous efforts in that the program is
presented in grades six through 12 and all students in a given school
receive the program.  The in-class elements of the program are supplemented
by a schoolwide component and by features that increase parental influences
to not smoke.  A smoking cessation program is also provided at the high
school level.  The study is designed so that high schools and the junior
highs that feed into them are randomly assigned to treatment or control.
Twenty such junior high-high school tracks are included in the design, a
total of 60 schools.  Special attention is given to being able to conduct
long-term follow-up.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 3176367
- **Project number:** 5R01CA038273-07
- **Recipient organization:** OREGON RESEARCH INSTITUTE
- **SAM.gov UEI:** YGWAZMUHLGQ3
- **Principal Investigator:** Anthony Biglan
- **Activity code:** R01 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 1991
- **Award amount:** $795,815
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 1984-09-01 → 1995-04-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/3176367

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 3176367, COMMUNITY INTERVENTION TO REDUCE ADOLESCENT TOBACCO USE (5R01CA038273-07). Retrieved via MORVS 2026-10-25 from https://api.morvs.ai/grant/nih/3176367. Licensed CC0.

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