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Tobacco: preventing uptake, promoting quitting and treating dependence: update [E] Evidence reviews for Smokefree Class Competitions

National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (2021)

NICE - ISBN: 978-1-4731-4347-0

Evidence Categories

  • Care setting: Educational Setting
  • Population group: Children & Young adults
  • Intervention: Other Psychosocial Therapies
  • Outcome: Smoking cessation
  • Outcome: Smoking initiation
  • Outcome: Changes to smoking rates

Type of Evidence

NICE Underpinning Review

Overview

Smokefree Class Competitions (SFCC) are a school-based incentive intervention for preventing the uptake of smoking, usually among children between 11 and 14 years old. SFCC gives responsibility for preventing smoking uptake (and stopping smoking for the duration of the competition, for those who already smoke) to the class of students. The intended effect is to denormalise smoking and create a smokefree class through the use of peer expectations of each other. There has previously been mixed evidence of effectiveness, and some concerns about whether the intervention might have adverse effects when implemented to do with bullying and peer pressure.

Recommendations

No recommendations were made from this evidence review.