From: Longitudinal impact of a youth tobacco education program
Survey Item: | Baseline Survey (Pre-Test) (N = 450) | Evaluation Survey (Immediate Post-Test) (N = 408) | Follow-Up Survey (Delayed Post-Test) (N = 371) | ||
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 | Fall 1998 | Fall 1998 | Spring 1999 | ||
 | %3 | %3 | p-value | %3 | p-value |
Knowledge of short-term effects of tobacco: | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
(1) Smoking causes bad breath .................... | 98.4 | 100 | N.S. | 99.7 | N.S. |
(2) Smokers have yellow teeth and fingers ............ | 72.0 | 96.5 | p = 0.0313 | 95.1 | p = 0.0313 |
(3) Low tar cigarettes are safe ..................... | 88.2 | 92.6 | N.S. | 94.9 | N.S. |
(4) Smokers have clean smelling clothes ............ | 89.2 | 91.6 | N.S. | 91.9 | N.S. |
(5) Smoking decreases the amount of air that gets into your lungs ........................ | 86.5 | 89.6 | N.S. | 90.2 | N.S. |
(6) Smoking 1 pack of cigarettes a day costs several hundred dollars per year................. | 81.5 | 91.8 | p = 0.0313 | 94.3 | p = 0.0313 |
Attitude about tobacco use: | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
(7) People who use tobacco are popular and glamorous . . | 93.2 | 91.3 | N.S. | 96.9 | N.S. |
(8) Some people start to use tobacco because their friends do ............................ | 93.4 | 95.9 | N.S. | 96.2 | N.S. |
(9) Smoking is relaxing ........................ . . | 87.2 | 90.2 | N.S. | 88.9 | N.S. |
(10) Advertising tells the truth about the effects of tobacco use. ............................ | 73.1 | 81.0 | N.S. | 79.9 | N.S. |