LifeFirst - School-based Tobacco and Supari Cessation Intervention Evaluation Database

This dataset pertains to a study conducted during the 2017-2018 program cycle of the LifeFirst program, implemented by researchers and program implementers from Salaam Bombay Foundation, Narotham Sekhsaria Foundation and Institute of Public Health, Bangalore. LifeFirst is an ongoing school-based tobacco and supari (areca nut) cessation program. The study used a prospective quasi-experimental design with an intervention and a control arm embedded within an ongoing LifeFirst program to assess and compare the change in a) prevalence of tobacco and supari use, b) knowledge about harms of tobacco and supari and c) perceived skills to refuse tobacco and supari among the students receiving and not receiving the LifeFirst tobacco and supari cessation intervention in school.