Three-month effects of Project EX: A smoking intervention pilot program with Thai adolescents

Natkamol Chansatitporn; Naowarut Charoenca; Anupreet Sidhu; Punyarat Lapvongwatana; Nipapun Kungskulniti; Steve Sussman

doi:10.1016/j.addbeh.2016.05.003

Three-month effects of Project EX: A smoking intervention pilot program with Thai adolescents

Addict Behav. 2016 Oct:61:20-4. doi: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2016.05.003. Epub 2016 May 6.

Authors

Natkamol Chansatitporn¹, Naowarut Charoenca², Anupreet Sidhu³, Punyarat Lapvongwatana⁴, Nipapun Kungskulniti⁵, Steve Sussman⁶

Affiliations

¹ Mahidol University, Faculty of Public Health, Department of Biostatistics, Thailand.
² Mahidol University, Faculty of Public Health, Department of Sanitary Engineering; Center of Excellence on Environmental Health and Toxicology, Thailand. Electronic address: naowarut.cha@mahidol.ac.th.
³ University of Southern California, Department of Preventive Medicine, United States.
⁴ Mahidol University, Faculty of Public Health, Department of Public Health Nursing, Thailand.
⁵ Mahidol University, Faculty of Public Health, Department of Sanitary Engineering; Center of Excellence on Environmental Health and Toxicology, Thailand.
⁶ University of Southern California, Departments of Preventive Medicine and Psychology, and School of Social Work. Electronic address: ssussma@usc.edu.

PMID: 27235988
DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2016.05.003

Abstract

Adolescent smoking is a major public health problem around the world, including Thailand. The current study provides a three-month follow-up evaluation of the Project EX tobacco use cessation program among Thai adolescents. The intervention was tested involving a quasi-experimental trial with 185 smokers, with two program and two control condition schools (within each condition, one school in Bangkok Province and one school in Nakhon Pathom Province). At 3-month follow-up, the intent-to-treat (ITT) quit rate was 23% in the program group and 11% in the standard care control group (p<0.02). The intervention also lowered the level of last 30-day smoking at follow-up among persons who did not quit in the program condition, while no change in level of smoking was reported in the control condition. These results are promising for teen tobacco use cessation programming in Thailand.

Keywords: Intervention; Project EX; Smoking cessation; Thailand; Tobacco.

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Adolescent Behavior*
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Intention
Male
Pilot Projects
Program Evaluation / methods*
Smoking Cessation / methods*
Thailand
Treatment Outcome