From: Longitudinal impact of a youth tobacco education program
Survey Item: | Baseline Survey (Pre-Test) (N = 1596) | Evaluation Survey (Immediate Post-Test) (N = 1438) | |
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 | %2 | %2 | p-value |
Knowledge of short-term effects of tobacco: | Â | Â | Â |
(1) Smoking causes bad breath ..................... | 98.9 | 100 | p = 0.0005 |
(2) Smokers have yellow teeth and fingers ............ | 76.9 | 96.7 | p < 0.0001 |
(3) Low tar cigarettes are safe ..................... | 93.0 | 96.7 | p = 0.0004 |
(4) Smokers have clean smelling clothes ............. | 90.0 | 94.5 | p < 0.0001 |
(5) Smoking decreases the amount of air that gets into your lungs ........................ | 90.0 | 92.5 | p = 0.0036 |
(6) Smoking 1 pack of cigarettes a day costs several hundred dollars per year.................. | 86.6 | 93.4 | p = 0.0002 |
Attitude about tobacco use: | Â | Â | Â |
(7) People who use tobacco are popular and glamorous... | 94.3 | 94.7 | N.S. |
(8) Some people start to use tobacco because their friends do ............................... | 95.6 | 97.5 | p = 0.0223 |
(9) Smoking is relaxing .......................... | 89.9 | 89.4 | N.S. |
(10) Advertising tells the truth about the effects of tobacco use. ........................... | 80.0 | 87.3 | p = 0.0162 |