Our class does not smoke : the czech version of the Smoke-free class competition programme

HRUBÁ, Drahoslava, Veronika ZACHOVALOVÁ, Halina MATĚJOVÁ and Irena DAŇKOVÁ. Our class does not smoke : the czech version of the Smoke-free class competition programme. Central European Journal of Public Health. Prague: National Institute of Public Health, 2007, vol. 15, No 4, p. 163-166. ISSN 1210-7778.

Basic information

• Original name: Our class does not smoke : the czech version of the Smoke-free class competition programme
• Name in Czech: Naše třída nekouří : česká verze programu Smoke -free class competition
• Authors: HRUBÁ, Drahoslava (203 Czech Republic, guarantor), Veronika ZACHOVALOVÁ (203 Czech Republic), Halina MATĚJOVÁ (203 Czech Republic) and Irena DAŇKOVÁ (203 Czech Republic).
• Edition: Central European Journal of Public Health, Prague, National Institute of Public Health, 2007, 1210-7778.

Other information

• Original language: English
• Type of outcome: Article in a journal
• Field of Study: 30304 Public and environmental health
• Country of publisher: Czech Republic
• Confidentiality degree: is not subject to a state or trade secret
• RIV identification code: RIV/00216224:14110/07:00032907
• Organization unit: Faculty of Medicine
• Keywords in English: smoke-free class competition
• Tags: smoke-free class competition
• Tags: Reviewed

Abstract

The Smoke-free class Competition programme stems from a theory of the consequences of cultural and social miming in the onset of smoking addiction; it initiates nonsmokers active encouragement in supporting a non-smoking environment in class groups of teenagers.The first experience with the programme in the CZech republic was obtained from a set of 13 classes from 6 primary schools with 261 14-years -plds who had been acqained with the programme rules and voluntarily agreed to abide by them.A complete abstaining condition inthe four-months of the competition period was observed by allpupils in 31 % of the classes; the number of smokers dropped in other 23 % classes, remained unchnged inthe same number of classes and increased inthe same number of classes. In the second half of the programme, 28,5 % of classes dropped out of the competition; the prevalence of smoking children was identical in 15,5 % and higer in 46 %, in the 12th month compared to the programme onset. Howewr, the final prevalence of regular smokers in the competition set is only at the level of ane third ( 10,3 % versus 29,7 %) compared to the same age group of the Czech population.

Abstract (in Czech)

článek sumarizuje výsledky z projektu s názvem Naše třída nekouří.