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Teen Smoking Motivated by Peer Pressure
The experiment was launched by researchers in the face of evidence that traditional posters, ads and comic strips telling young people about the hazards of smoking are nowhere near as effective as peer pressure for making cigarettes unfashionable.
The test covered 59 schools in western England and Wales, with 11,000 students aged 12 to 13.
Twenty-nine of the schools were asked to carry out their normal anti-smoking education, thus providing a comparison, or control, for 30 other schools where researchers carried out the peer-pressure project, known as ASSIST.
The programme unfolded in several phases.
First, the students were asked to nominate influential schoolmates in their year group, and these individuals were invited to a recruitment meeting where the researchers explained the purpose of being a "peer supporter."
After gaining their parent's consent, the peer supporters took part in a two-day training event held outside of school, where they learned about the risks of smoking and the economic benefits of stopping.
They also developed skills in communication, conflict negotiation and resolution and understanding self-esteem.
The training was beefed up in four school-based sessions.
Over the following 10 weeks, the "peer supporters" were asked to have conversations with others in their year group about the benefits of not smoking.
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