نبذة مختصرة : Cigarette smoking was formally declared detrimental to health and wellbeing by the Surgeon General in 1964. This landmark report provided detailed information concerning the health risks associated with smoking. From the time of the report to now, smoking among adolescents has escalated. Minimal research has been conducted measuring the effectiveness of smoking prevention programs for high school juniors. Research needs to be conducted because nearly fifty percent of high school graduates attend a college, university, or trade school. Between five and eleven percent of these students will begin smoking their freshman year of college. The purpose of this study was to determine if a single lesson cigarette smoking prevention program could influence thirty eight high school juniors’ intent to smoke. The research method used was a pre and post survey quasi experimental design. The smoking prevention program was conducted by a senior nursing student. It included knowledge enhancement, correcting common misconceptions, shock therapy, and social skills training. Attitude, subjective norm, and perceived behavioral control with regard to cigarette smoking intention were assessed before and after the intervention using the Fishbein/Ajzen-Hanson Questionnaire. The overall impact of this program was extremely positive for the participants. The program caused the participants to experience a decrease in attitude and subjective norm, and an increase in perceived behavioral control regarding intent to smoke cigarettes. These changes reduce the likelihood of the participants smoking in the near future.
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