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Smoking cessation with adolescents: A comparison of recruitment strategies

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Abstract

This study compared two methods for recruiting high school students into a voluntary smoking cessation program. A person-to-person approach was compared to an approach that resembled normal school publicity procedures. Active personal recruitment produced 31 volunteers, while the normal procedures produced only one. Subsequent application of the active approach at sites where only static procedures had been used produced an additional 21 volunteers. Results suggest that active person-to-person recruitment may be an important component of a smoking cessation effort with high school students.

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This research was conducted at the Center for Educational Research at Stanford University (CERAS). This report is based on the first author's dissertation. The support of Professor John Vriend is greatly appreciated, and gratitude is expressed to Ruth Andrea Richels, Cheryl Perry, Joel Killen, and Sheila Barry.

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