Reiner Hanewinkel

..The objective of this study was to determine the cost-effectiveness of a school-based tobacco prevention programme...

..The aim of this study was to examine whether smoking in movies can predict established smoking in adolescence...

..The goal of this study was to investigate whether the association between exposure to images of alcohol use in movies and binge drinking among adolescents is independent of cultural context...

..The purpose of this article is to describe the diffusion and evaluation of the smoking prevention programme "Be Smart--Don't Start", the German "Smoke Free Class Competition"...

..To test the specificity of the association between cigarette advertising and adolescent smoking initiation...

..Price differentials between tobacco products should be reduced in order to maximize the public health benefits of high cigarette prices...

..To study the prevalence of smoking in German television in 2005...

..To assess the opinion on tobacco tax increases in Germany...

..Studies of US adolescents have linked exposure to movie smoking with smoking behavior. It is unclear whether European adolescents are also responsive to movie tobacco imagery...

..We aimed to study the prevalence of smoking in a popular German television crime series ("A case for two"), which has been internationally distributed in 59 countries, over a 20 year period...

..To assess the effect of an antismoking advertisement under real-world conditions. Design Quasi-experimental study...

..Although most agree that the association between tobacco marketing and youth smoking is causal, few studies have assessed the specificity of this association...

..The purpose of this study was to estimate the tax value of tobacco products consumed by persons younger than 18 years in 2007...

..To study the effects of smoking in a film trailer...

..To assess whether movie alcohol exposure is associated with alcohol use during early adolescence...

..Studies have linked exposure to movie smoking and smoking initiation among adolescents in the United States, but there has been only one published study of adolescents outside the U.S...

..Classes monitor their (non-)smoking behaviour and report it to the teacher regularly. Classes in which pupils refrain from smoking for this period of time participate in a prize draw, where they can win a number of attractive prizes...

..This programme has been implemented in Germany since the school year 1997/1998. The aim of this study is to describe the diffusion of the programme between 1997 and 2003...

..The results indicate that prevention programmes that are run for only a few months can have a positive impact on variables considered to be protective with regard to smoking uptake...

..An analysis was carried out to assess whether it increases bullying or perception of isolation...

..Results showed an 8.5% intention-to-treat quit rate with an average duration of 51.30 weeks continuous abstinence. Predictors for successful smoking were occasional smoking (not daily smoking) and older age...

..Conception, implementation and evaluation of a risk-reducing and health-promoting brief intervention addressed to unemployed...

..To assess reactions of smokers to five waves of tobacco tax increases in Germany...

..Entertainment media exposure may predict teenager alcohol use, but few longitudinal studies have been reported...

..To investigate whether the association between exposure to smoking in movies and smoking among youth is independent of cultural context...

..Assessing the association between alcohol ad exposure and alcohol use in German adolescents, controlling for general ad exposure...

..Classes that remain smoke-free for 6 months can win prizes. Effects of the intervention on current smoking, initiation and progression of smoking were investigated...

..To test the hypothesis that changes in alcohol-related attitudes and expectancies mediate the effect of alcohol advertising on youth drinking...

..To determine if adolescents who report that their parents restrict viewing movies based on rating have a lower risk of trying smoking and drinking alcohol in the future...

..Results providesupport for the almost comprehensive ban of tobacco marketing as existing in Poland and recommend its further expansion towards a total ban including e.g. ban of promotion at point of sale...

..Longitudinal studies from the U.S. suggest a causal relationship between exposure to images of smoking in movies and adolescent smoking onset...

..To test the hypothesis that media use mediates the relation between socioeconomic status (SES) and body mass index (BMI)...

..This study aimed to examine the effects of a school-based alcohol education intervention...

..The 'Smoke-Free Class competition' (SFC) is a school-based smoking prevention programme including commitment not to smoke, contract management and prizes as rewards broadly implemented in Europe...

..Classes monitor their (non-)smoking behavior and report it to the teacher regularly. Classes in which pupils refrain from smoking for this period of time participate in a prize draw, in which they can win a number of attractive prizes...

..The purpose of this study was to measure students' attitudes towards a total smoking ban in schools and towards impositions in cases of violation...

..Assessment of the smoking cessation programme "Just be smoke free"...

..Aim of this study was to examine, whether the programme is effective in delaying the onset of smoking in adolescents from different types of school in Germany...

..22). The current study provides evidence that life skills programmes in elementary school may be an effective strategy in reducing antecedents of adolescent risk-taking behaviour...

..04 for cigarettes from vending machines). The rather slight increase of price caused smokers to reflect on their smoking behavior. The amount of cigarettes used changed in the official data and in the subsample of younger subjects...

..To evaluate short-term effects of a school-based media education program for sixth- and seventh-grade adolescents on gambling knowledge, attitudes, and behavior...

..We aimed to explain the association between exposure to a cigarette advertisement and favorable attitudes towards the advertisement...

..To investigate co-occurrence and shared personality characteristics of problematic computer gaming, problematic gambling and substance use...

..Trial registration number Current Controlled Trials ISRCTN99442407...

..Rating films depicting smoking as approved for adults only could yield the largest effect, since it leads to an enduring reduction of exposure...

..It is concluded that limiting exposure of young adolescents to movie smoking could have important world-wide public health implications...