The effects of training on awareness of cigarette outcomes (physicaland psychological) in male teenagers

Introduction: Studies have found that nearly ۹۰% of the first use of tobacco takes place before high school graduation (teenagers) and training discussion due to prevention can be useful, therefore,here, we aimed to determine the effects of training on awareness of cigarette outcomes (physicaland psychological) in male teenagers.Methods: We conducted an interventional study using Solomon’s four‑groupplan, which used a two‑stage cluster sampling in four groups (two experimental groups and two control groups). The three sessions of at least ۲ h of education intervention including visual displayingusing photo, film, and short scientific texts were held for the interventional group. After ۱ month, all four groups took posttest, and research groups were followed up after ۸ months of intervention. All data were analyzed using one‑way analysis of variance and covariance in SPSS.Results: According to the results, the mean of posttest scores had increased rather than pretest scores, and generally, a significant difference was observed (P-Value≤۰.۰۰۱). These results were significant in the aspect of both physical and psychological outcomes awareness. The difference between the mean of scores in follow‑up period and posttest was not statistically significant, and it shows training retention after ۸ months (P-Value<۰.۶۶۶).Conclusions: It can be concluded that through the training, it is possible to increase the awareness of teenagers about physical and psychological outcomes of cigarette smoking that this can have an important role in smoking prevention.

Keywords:

Training , Cigarette , Male Teenagers