School-based programmes for preventing smoking. by Thomas, R, McLellan, J, Perera, R

“…Interventions could be any curricula used in a school setting to deter tobacco use, and outcome measures could be never smoking, frequency of smoking, number of cigarettes smoked, or smoking indices. DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS: Two reviewers independently assessed studies for inclusion, extracted data and assessed risk of bias. …”

Smoking reduction interventions for smoking cessation by Lindson, N, Klemperer, E, Hong, B, Ordóñez-Mena, J, Aveyard, P

“…We excluded trials that did not assess cessation as an outcome, with follow‐up of less than six months, where participants spontaneously reduced without being advised to do so, where the goal of reduction was not to quit altogether, or where participants were advised to switch to cigarettes with lower nicotine levels without reducing the amount of cigarettes smoked or the length of time spent smoking. …”

Evaluation of the Healthy Start voucher scheme on maternal vitamin use and child breastfeeding: a natural experiment using data linkage by Ruth Dundas, Massoud Boroujerdi, Susan Browne, Manuela Deidda, Paul Bradshaw, Peter Craig, Emma McIntosh, Alison Parkes, Daniel Wight, Charlotte Wright, Alastair H Leyland

“…There were large differences in smoking when the NE comparison group was used as the control: R 43%, E 34%, p = 0.419; R 37%, NE 24%, p < 0.0001; AE 35%, NE 24%, p < 0.0001 for current smoking status, and R 10.6, E 11.14, p = 0.581; R 10.9, NE 8.6, p = 0.00014; AE 10.9, NE 8.6, p = 0.0001 for numbers of cigarettes smoked per day. Understanding mother’s experiences The rich accounts given by the participants gave rise to four key themes: knowledge, awareness, take up and use of the HSV scheme; opinions of the HSV scheme; the effect of the HSV scheme on diet and feeding choices for their babies and children; and the broader lives of low-income women. …”
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