SS 13.30-15.00 Special sessions
Target population: randomly selected schoolboys 12 years of age (attending 7 of 49 schools in District One and 16 of 30 schools in District Two): 477 boys forming intervention group (District One) and 528 boys forming control group (District Two). Preventive measures were directed against atherosclerosis precursors: lipid spectrum disturbances, elevated blood pressure, obesity and smoking; they included individual and group sessions with children and their parents and medical education brochures dissemination.
Results: initial smoking rate was found to be 0.5% in District One and 0.7% in District Two; in three years it was 14.7% and 25.4% correspondingly (p<0.05). In 16-17- year-olds there was no significant difference: 39% and 43.2% correspondingly, p>0.05. No difference was found in tiocianate level. The population was examined again five years after intervention termination. There were 57.9% of smokers in District One and 59.3% in District Two. It shows that preventive measures must be constant and that anti-tobacco programmes for adolescents transiting from school to adult life are necessary. Anti-tobacco preventive programmes for senior schoolchildren need enforcement.
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