Do school-based tobacco prevention programmes pay off? The cost-effectiveness of the 'Smoke-free Class Competition'

Public Health

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 34-41

  Hoeflmayr, David ^a   Hanewinkel, Reiner ^a  

^a IFT Nord   (Germany)

Author keywords

Economic analysis; Germany; Prevention; School; Smoking

Indexed keywords

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; PUBLIC HEALTH; SMOKING; STUDENT; TOBACCO;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; GERMANY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTIVATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; SCHOOL; SCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SMOKE FREE CLASS COMPETITION; SMOKING; SPRING; STUDENT ATTITUDE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; SMOKING;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 37149030994     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2007.05.007     Document Type: Article

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