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5.9 The educational environment
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Relevant news and research: The educational environment

Bigwanto, M., Utami, P. S., Kowi, U., Solikin, R. T., Saragih, B., Rachmiaty, R., Rogayah, H., Fardani, S. A., Shetye, M. and Camellia, A. (2026). Smoking determinants and exhaled CO as an indicator of smoking intensity among Indonesian students: evidence from a school-based prevention program. BMC Public Health. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/41593619


Davray, A. (2026). Does Your School Have a Tobacco Policy?. J Sch Health, 3, e70123. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/41606692


Londani, M., Sewani-Rusike, C., Ayo-Yusuf, O. and Oladimeji, O. (2026). Exposure to second-hand smoke, tobacco advertising, and school curriculum on tobacco harms in South African Adolescents: findings from the Global Youth Tobacco Survey. Subst Abuse Treat Prev Policy. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/41572356


Pan, J., Wu, X., Meng, F., Xu, F. and Zhou, W. (2026). Tobacco dependence and associated factors among smokers aged 15 years and older in Wuxi, China: a cross-sectional study. BMC Public Health. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/41501752


Quintana, H. K., Figueroa, F., Nino, C., Montenegro, R., Bajura, F., Gonzalez, B. and Roa, R. (2026). Gaps in learning about dangers of tobacco products use at school amid comprehensive tobacco control in Panama. Results from the Global Youth Tobacco Surveys 2002, 2008, 2012, 2017, and 2023. Public Health Pract (Oxf), 100720. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/41560716


Zhu, S. H., Braden, K., Zhuang, Y. L., Gamst, A. C., Sun, J., Wang, J., Anderson, C. M., Blakely, C. and Cole, A. G. (2026). California's School-Based Tobacco Use Prevention Program After Proposition 56: Results From a Statewide Evaluation. J Adolesc Health. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/41524688


Modjarrad, L. S., Hall, J. M., Kates, F. R., Cogle, C. R., Ostbye, R., Marlow, N. M. and LeLaurin, J. H. (2025). Exploring the association between supportive school policy and youth tobacco use. Public Health, 106083. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/41380368


Azizpour, Y., Salehi, S., Mirzad, M., Farzi, Y., Karimi, K., Zarepour, P., Behgam, N., Najafi, A., Razi, F., Tabatabaei-Malazy, O., Rezaei, N., Sadeghniiat, K. and Akbarpour, S. (2025). Lifestyle and non-communicable diseases risk factors: changes in nutrition, sleep patterns, tobacco use, mental health, and physical activity during the first three years of university: study protocol. J Diabetes Metab Disord, 2, 268. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/41250670


Ba-Break, M., Bewick, B. M., Elsey, H., Huss, R., Ensor, T., Saleh, M., Donnelly, S. and Osman, D. M. (2025). School-based smoking prevention strategies for adolescents in a conservative LMIC context: a qualitative study from Egypt. Front Public Health, 1694729. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/41221236


Bass Coast Health (2025). Students lead the way for a smoke and vape-free future. . Available from: https://www.basscoasthealth.org.au/news/students-lead-way-smoke-and-vape-free-future


Hossain, S., Beard, E. and Shahab, L. (2025). Intervention for adolescent tobacco initiation prevention (IATIP) to promote health and well-being: a protocol for a pilot cluster randomised controlled trial in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Pilot Feasibility Stud, 1, 145. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/41250156


Ju, H., Kang, E., Lee, C. M. and Cheong, Y. (2025). The effectiveness of online smoking prevention program for adolescents in South Korea: a comparative analysis with traditional education. Korean J Fam Med. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/41177161


Khalilzadeh-Farsangi, Z., Borzu, Z. A. and Najafi, F. (2025). The effect of an educational program on Hookah smoking among female university students: applying the integrated model of theory of planned behavior and prototype willingness model. BMC Med Educ, 1, 1582. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/41225535


McCarthy, W. J., Mistry, R., Puntambekar, N. K., Raghunathan, T., Kleinsasser, M. J., Desai, M. B., Gupta, P. C. and Pednekar, M. S. (2025). Religiosity, school connectedness, and tobacco use susceptibility: a longitudinal study of adolescents in Mumbai and Kolkata, India. BMC Public Health, 1, 3857. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/41204151


Sun, J., Acevedo, G., Luo, T., Wang, D. D., Anderson, C. M. and Zhu, S. H. (2025). School Staff Perspectives on Tobacco Prevention: Findings From a Statewide Educator Survey. Health Educ Behav, 10901981251391146. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/41239970


Abdelrahman, A., Bernad, L., Harris, F., Rezzonico, E., Flahault, A. and Hasselgard-Rowe, J. (2025). Prevention of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Illicit Drug Use Among Youth: A Scoping Review of European School-Based Programs with Insights on Mental Health. Int J Environ Res Public Health, 10. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/41154973


Diaby, M., Agbonlahor, O., Richardson, M. K., Hart, J. L., Rose, S. W. and Mattingly, D. T. (2025). Discrimination Distress and Current Combustible and Non-combustible Tobacco Product Use Among US Youth, 2023. Nicotine Tob Res. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40973143


Truth Initiative (2025). Truth Initiative awards grants to 15 colleges and universities to help campuses quit nicotine.  ,  ,  . Available from: https://truthinitiative.org/research-resources/tobacco-prevention-efforts/truth-initiative-awards-grants-15-colleges-and


Gazibara, T., Cakic, M., Cakic, J., Grgurevic, A. and Pekmezovic, T. (2025). Interest in online information about cigarettes and tobacco among adolescents. Ann Ig, 5, 625-632. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40711426


White, J. (2025). Transporting the effect of the ASSIST school-based smoking prevention intervention to the Smoking, Drinking and Drug Use Among Young People in England Survey (2004-2021): A secondary analysis of a randomized controlled trial. Addiction. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40623817


Gligoric, D., Borovic, Z., Vidovic, N., Ritan, V. and Vulovic, V. (2025). What drives youth smoking initiation in Bosnia and Herzegovina? Evidence from a split-population duration model. BMJ Open, 6, e092806. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40533204


Goyal, M., Singh, S. K. and Verma, A. (2025). Beyond the puff: unravelling patterns and predictors of tobacco usage among adolescents and youth in Delhi, India. Int J Adolesc Med Health. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40489980


Soe, Y. N., Thomson, M., Reid, K., Moore, L., Bintoro, B. S., Dong, B., Good, S., Hu, P., Long, E., Mateo, N. J., McMeekin, N., Padmawati, R. S., Prabandari, Y. S., Purvis, A., Salanga, M. G., Semple, S., Llorin, C. T., Wang, J. Y. and Simpson, S. A. (2025). A Stop Smoking In Schools Trial in three culturally different middle-income countries (ASSIST global): protocol for a randomised feasibility study. BMJ Open, 6, e096963. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40545305


Al-Mahrouqi, T., Al-Ghailani, F., Al-Maqbali, M., Al Saidi, M. and Prashanth, G. P. (2025). A cluster randomized trial comparing photoaging app and school based educational intervention for tobacco use prevention in adolescents. Sci Rep, 1, 15374. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40316573


Fagbule, O. F., Osuh, M. E., Lawal, F. B. and Ibiyemi, O. (2024). Development of Tobacco Control Educational Materials: Posters and Notebooks among Adolescents in Nigeria. Ann Ib Postgrad Med, 3, 130-139. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40385716


Hossain, S., Tattan-Birch, H., Beard, E. and Shahab, L. (2025). Evaluating School-based Interventions for Preventing and Reducing Tobacco use among Adolescents in Low- and Middle-income Countries: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Am J Prev Med, 107656. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40379060


Mohd Radzi, N. A. and Yusof, Z. Y. M. (2025). Stakeholders' perspectives on the Malaysian school-based smoking cessation program. J Ethn Subst Abuse, Jan-19. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40383713


Park, S. and Lee, H. (2025). School-Based Intervention of Smoking Media Literacy Among South Korean Adolescents: A Cluster Randomized Trial. Asian Nurs Res (Korean Soc Nurs Sci). Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40404092


Rakhshani, T., Kamranpoor, S., Kamyab, A., Yari, A. and Jeihooni, A. K. (2025). The Effect of Educational Intervention Based on the Theory of Planned Behavior in Prevention of Smoking in Male Students. Biomed Res Int, 6927817. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40385696


Clawson, A. H., Dobbs, P. D., Lasater, K., Akakpo, V. K., Mugambi, V. N. and Gilliam, H. B. (2025). The Prevention of Nicotine use in the State of Arkansas that has Geographic Tobacco use Disparities: the Perceived Prevention Needs and Realities of School Professionals. J Community Health. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40186837


Gaunkar, R., Sanjeevan, V., Gadiyar, A., Kamath, V., Kamat, A. K., Deshpande, A. P. and Da Costa, F. (2025). Compliance of Tobacco Free Educational Institution (ToFEI) Guidelines among Schools in Goa, India: An Observational Study. Asian Pac J Cancer Prev, 3, 899-904. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40156406


Laloux, P., Melard, N. and Lorant, V. (2025). Implementation of school tobacco policies: The advocacy coalition approach. Protocol of the ADHAirE study, a cluster randomized controlled trial. Tob Prev Cessat. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40130233


Muthmainnah, M., Kurnia, G. M. and Nugrahani, A. (2025). Determinants of smoking prevention behavior of senior high school students: A short report. Tob Induc Dis. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40110559


Public Health Services (2025). Smoke Free and Vape Free: A Toolkit for a Whole School Approach. . Available from: https://www.health.tas.gov.au/sites/default/files/2025-02/smoke_free_and_vape_free_-a_toolkit_for_a_whole_school_approach_20240203_accessible.pdf


Sayar, S. E. and Capik, C. (2025). The Effect of Health Belief Model-Based Creative Drama Education on Health Locus of Control and Smoking Perception in Adolescents: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Public Health Nurs. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40047297


Shahrier, M. A. and Chung, S. (2025). Smoking Susceptibility and Anti-Smoking Awareness in Adolescents and Young Adults of Bangladesh. Psychiatry Investig, 3, 293-303. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40143726


Alsahli, F. A., Alruwais, N. M., Alsultan, L. S., Abojalid, B. S., Nughays, R. O., Humedi, A. M., Alosaimi, A., Alrubaian, M. T., Almuteri, D. Z. and Alkhunizan, M. A. (2025). Interventions for Prevention of Tobacco Smoking in School-Aged Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Cureus, 1, e77008. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/39912043


Majumder, P., Thomas, P. A., Motghare, V., Manek, P. V., Nazneen, L., Basak, S. and Acharya, S. (2024). Effectiveness of Structured Teaching Program on Adolescent's Knowledge of Tobacco Consumption: A Randomized Control Trial. J Pharm Bioallied Sci, Suppl 4, S3464-S3466. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/39926807


Williams, C., Griffin, K. W., Sousa, S. M. and Botvin, G. J. (2025). Preventing tobacco and alcohol use among high school students through a hybrid online and in-class intervention: A randomized controlled trial. Psychol Addict Behav. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40014528


Kankane, N., Gupta, V. K., Mishra, G., Singh, S. K. and Malhotra, S. (2024). Effectiveness of teacher's training program for tobacco control in schools of Lucknow: A Quasi-experimental study. Natl J Maxillofac Surg, 3, 505-512. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/39830465


Lee, D. C., O'Brien, K. M., McCrabb, S., Wolfenden, L., Tzelepis, F., Barnes, C., Yoong, S., Bartlem, K. M. and Hodder, R. K. (2024). Strategies for enhancing the implementation of school-based policies or practices targeting diet, physical activity, obesity, tobacco or alcohol use. Cochrane Database Syst Rev, 12, CD011677. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/39665378


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