1,320 seventh-graders from a large midwestern public school district participated in a 6-hr. session of the Minnesota Smoking Prevention Program. Responses from students of the four trained and three control junior high schools indicated that the Minnesota program did not prevent students from becoming new users but rather encouraged those who were regular users to quit.
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