TY - JOUR T1 - Intervention effects on youth tobacco use in the community intervention trial (COMMIT) JF - Tobacco Control JO - Tob Control SP - 382 LP - 382 DO - 10.1136/tc.11.4.382 VL - 11 IS - 4 AU - D J Bowen AU - M A Orlandi AU - E Lichtenstein AU - K M Cummings AU - A Hyland Y1 - 2002/12/01 UR - http://tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/content/11/4/382.abstract N2 - The Community Intervention Trial for Smoking Cessation (COMMIT) was an intervention trial funded by the National Cancer Institute to evaluate the effects of a multi-component, community based smoking control intervention on cessation in adult smokers.1,2 The primary (adult) outcomes of this trial have been published elsewhere.3,4 In this letter we test the hypothesis that a comprehensive, community based intervention aimed at adult smokers would have an ancillary impact on the prevalence of youth smoking.The COMMIT intervention5 included youth oriented activities directed toward four principle areas: school based education programmes, smoking policies in schools, legislative activities related to youth smoking, and participation by students and teachers in other COMMIT activities. The evaluation … ER -