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ERIC Number: EJ340890
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1986
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When is the Critical Moment to Provide Smoking Education at Schools?
Chen, Ted T.; Winder, Alvin E.
Journal of Drug Education, v16 n2 p121-33 1986
Revealed sixth grade is the optimal time to provide education for smoking prevention. Sixth graders are characterized by a relative lack of knowledge of the effects of smoking, unfamiliarity with parents' attitudes, and evidence that many students in this grade intend to smoke within the next five years. (Author/BL)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Drug Education, Grade 6, Health Education, Prevention, Program Effectiveness, Secondary Education, Smoking
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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