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Table 1 Content of educational sessions

From: Rationale, design and conduct of a school-based anti–smoking intervention: the “PEPITES” cluster randomized trial

Year 1 (Age ± 11): Why do people start smoking?

ᅟThink about the reasons for starting smoking and be aware of the space tobacco occupies in our society today (Peer pressure).

ᅟAt the end of the workshop, the pupils should be able to:

ᅟᅟ− Think about what influences a person to start smoking (or not)

ᅟᅟ− Expose the major lines of the history of tobacco in our society

Year 2 (Age ± 12): Risk behavior, Stress management, Risk taking and alternatives

ᅟThink about what risks they take in their daily lives

ᅟAt the end of the workshop, the pupils should be able to:

ᅟᅟ− Explain what constitutes risk behavior

ᅟᅟ− Imagine alternatives to risk taking

Year 3 (Age ± 13): Manipulation by the tobacco industry – Marketing strategy

ᅟDevelop a critical mind by analyzing sales techniques and influencing techniques of the tobacco industry

ᅟAt the end of the workshop, the pupils should be able to:

ᅟᅟ• Discuss the main determinants in the regular consumption of tobacco

ᅟᅟ• Quote the marketing strategies used by the tobacco industry

Year 4 (Age ± 14): Tobacco: Effects and addiction

ᅟReinforce knowledge on addiction

ᅟAt the end of the workshop, the pupils should be able to:

ᅟUnderstand the link of dependence between a smoker and his tobacco

ᅟDescribe the effects of tobacco on the body organs.