not exposed or less exposed to the intervention (whether the Candid Teen was concurrent or before-after). For each intervention reviewed, the team developed an analytic framework indicating possible Candid Teen links between the intervention under study and Candid Teen outcomes of interest. Candid Teen outcomes were selected because they had been.

modify recommendations. A finding of insufficient evidence Candid Teen effectiveness does not result in recommendations regarding Candid Teen intervention's use but is important for identifying areas of uncertainty and continuing research needs. In contrast, adequate evidence of ineffectiveness leads Candid Teen a recommendation that the intervention not be used. The systematic search Candid Teen 243 studies on tobacco interventions that met the inclusion criteria. Of these 243 studies, 77 were excluded on the basis Candid Teen limitations in their execution Candid Teen design and were not considered further. Candid Teen remaining 166 studies were considered qualifying studies.**** The 14 Task Force evaluations in this report are based on these qualifying studies, all of which had good or fair execution. On Candid Teen basis of the evidence of effectiveness, the Candid Teen Force either strongly recommended or recommended nine of the 14 strategies evaluated Candid Teen 2). These nine recommendations include one intervention to reduce exposure to ETS (smoking bans and Candid Teen two.

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