Preventive medicine
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Preventive medicine · Jan 1997
Multicenter Study Clinical Trial Controlled Clinical TrialA trial of church-based smoking cessation interventions for rural African Americans.
The Alliance of Black Churches Health Project was begun in an effort to address the health problems of the African-American residents of two rural Virginia counties. Smoking cessation was chosen as the principal target behavior in one county. Church coalitions were chosen as the principal organizations through which to implement the interventions. ⋯ Smoking cessation interventions for African Americans can be successfully implemented through a church coalition. The interventions were associated with significant progress along the stages of cessation. Although the quit rate was higher in the intervention community, the difference was not significant.
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Our purpose was to determine which characteristics of buyers, stores, and store clerks predicted successful tobacco sales to minors. ⋯ Warning signs had no effect on vendors' compliance with the state minors' access law, and failure to question minors about their age substantially increased the odds of a successful purchase. Laws prohibiting tobacco sales to minors should be enforced by requiring vendors to obtain proof of buyers' ages for persons who appear to be < 30 years of age.