SMOKING CESSATION INTERVENTION FOR YOUTH

对尼古丁上瘾的年轻人数量继续上升。鉴于在青春期对尼古丁上瘾的人更有可能在成年后继续吸烟，并在成年后遭受吸烟带来的毁灭性健康后果，因此必须做出更大努力帮助年轻人戒烟。到目前为止，几乎没有制定出帮助年轻人戒烟的干预措施。丹亚国际公司组建了一支由员工、专家和合作者组成的合格团队，以开发和评估针对青少年的多方面戒烟干预措施，该干预措施在内容和形式以及设计过程中都将反映最先进的研究成果，并让青年参与技术创新的开发和生产。在第一阶段，将开发和试行一部教育和励志视频，以及六节课的戒烟课程和主持人S手册。还将开始规划一个支持干预及其参与者的网站。在第二阶段期间，网站将全面开发；干预课程和相关材料将根据第一阶段试点的结果进行完善，并将对戒烟一揽子计划进行正式评估。拟议的商业应用该计划将向学校、社区项目和诊所、健康维护组织和州卫生部门进行营销。将促成与主要传播组织和信息交换机构的联系，如联合起来、全国吸烟与健康协会和疾病预防控制中心吸烟与健康办公室，以促进戒烟干预。

The numbers of youth who are addicted to nicotine continues to rise. Given that people who become addicted to nicotine during adolescence are much more likely to continue smoking as adults and to suffer the devastating health consequences of smoking in later adulthood, greater efforts must be taken to help youth to quit smoking. Few interventions have been developed to assist youth to quit smoking to date. Danya International Inc. has assembled a qualified team of staff, experts and collaborators to develop and evaluate a multi-faceted smoking cessation intervention targeting adolescents which, in both content and format, as well as in its design process, will reflect state-of- the-art research findings and involve youth in the development and production of technological innovations. During Phase I, an educational and motivational video, along with a six-session smoking cessation curriculum and facilitator s manual, will be developed and piloted. Planning for a website which will support the intervention and its participants also will be initiated. During Phase II, the website will be fully developed; the intervention curriculum and associate materials will be refined based on results of the Phase I pilot, and a formal evaluation of the smoking cessation package will be conducted. PROPOSED COMMERCIAL APPLICATION The program will be marketed to schools, community-based programs and clinics, health maintenance organizations, and state health departments. Linkages with key dissemination organizations and clearinghouses, such as Join Together, NCADI and the CDC Office on Smoking and Health, will be brokered to promote the smoking cessation intervention.