Expanded school-based tobacco use prevention program linked to lower youth smoking and vaping in California University of California San Diego researchers found that students in schools with Tobacco-Use Prevention Education (TUPE) funding had 20% lower overall tobacco use and 23% lower vaping rates than students in non-TUPE schools. The program’s expansion followed voter-approved Proposition 56 in 2016, which increased tobacco taxes and generated new funding for school-based prevention and statewide media campaigns. Findings were based on data from more than 160,000 students in grades 8, 10 and 12 who participated in the 2019–2020 California Student Tobacco Survey across 358 public schools. Students…

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