Tobacco use by youth in California disproportionately affects low-income, racial and ethnic minority children and adolescents. To address this issue we utilized the afterschool setting to deliver and assess a tobacco use prevention program by adapting Project TNT, a successful tobacco use prevention program used in middle school classroom environments, for the afterschool setting. Through this pilot study, we took the initial steps needed to begin a long term program of research that will adapt and evaluate an innovative youth tobacco use prevention program for delivery in afterschool settings with potential for widespread dissemination.

Project Investigator(s):
Burt Cowgill, PhD
Barbara Berman, PhD

Research Team:
Alison Elliot, MPH

Community Partner(s): Breathe California of Los Angeles, the Boys and Girls Club of Carson

Funding Source(s): Tobacco-Related Disease Research Program

Project Status: Complete