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The Guide to Clinical Preventive Services

Together, the Community Guide and the Clinical Guide provide evidence-based recommendations across the prevention spectrum.

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Reducing Tobacco Use Initiation

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These interventions seek to reduce the number of people who begin using tobacco products.

Task Force Recommendations & Findings

This table lists interventions reviewed by the Community Guide, with Task Force findings for each (definitions of findings). Click on an underlined intervention title for a summary of the review.

The Task Force also recommends selected interventions that address two or more strategies to reduce tobacco use and secondhand smoke exposure.

Increasing the Unit Price of Tobacco Products Recommended
February 1999
Mass Media Campaigns when Combined with Other Interventions Recommended
October 1999



Disclaimer

The findings and conclusions on this page are those of the Community Preventive Services Task Force and do not necessarily represent those of CDC.

Sample Citation

The content of publications of the Guide to Community Preventive Services is in the public domain. Citation as to source, however, is appreciated. Sample citation: Guide to Community Preventive Services. Reducing tobacco use initiation. www.thecommunityguide.org/tobacco/initiation/index.html. Last updated: MM/DD/YYYY.