Evaluation of a School-based Smoking Prevention and Cessation Programme in Negeri Sembilan

"Advance Intervention: Following the screening process, this intervention package was inclusive of group-briefing for the smokers in at least 3 subsequent sessions in one academic year. The content delivered by the dentist were based on the KOTAK guidebook consisted of 8 Modules.The modules were as follows:~1. Introduction: Identifying students who smoke~2. Cigarette and addiction~3. The danger of smoking and passive smokers~4. Advantages of smoke-free lifestyle and adolescent perception on smoking~5. Legal and religious perception of smoking~6. The benefits of smoking cessation~7. Preparation and how to stop smoking~8. Nicotine withdrawal symptom and relapse prevention~The Intervention schools: Screened smokers were given Advanced Intervention sessions. After discussion with the State's oral health deputy director and district's programme coordinator, for the purpose of this study, the interval of the Advance Intervention session was decided at 1-month interval."