Peck D D, Acott C, Richard P, Hill S, Schuster C
Colorado Dept. of Health, Denver 80220-1530.
J Sch Health. 1993 May;63(5):214-7. doi: 10.1111/j.1746-1561.1993.tb06123.x.
This article defends the appropriateness of tobacco-free school policies as an effective tool toward ensuring young people develop into healthy and intellectually strong adults, and demonstrates how such a policy can be introduced into a school district. Health education efforts to eliminate tobacco use are widely considered more effective when carried out in concert with school policies and adult role models offering the consistent message that tobacco use is unhealthy and unacceptable. Studies indicate students who attend schools with strict smoking policies are less likely to begin smoking than students who attend schools without such policies. Through research, support, and guidance, the Colorado Tobacco-Free Schools and Communities Project successfully has assisted almost half the 176 school districts in Colorado to adopt such policies.
本文捍卫了无烟学校政策作为确保年轻人成长为健康且智力健全成年人的有效工具的适宜性，并展示了如何将这一政策引入学区。当与学校政策以及传递吸烟不健康且不可接受这一一致信息的成人榜样协同开展时，消除烟草使用的健康教育努力被广泛认为更有效。研究表明，与就读于没有此类政策学校的学生相比，就读于有严格吸烟政策学校的学生开始吸烟的可能性更小。通过研究、支持和指导，科罗拉多无烟学校与社区项目已成功协助科罗拉多州176个学区中的近一半采用了此类政策。
