Mass media campaigns are recommended for increasing tobacco use cessation based on strong evidence of their effectiveness in reducing tobacco use among adolescents when implemented in combination with tobacco price increases, school-based education, and other community education programs. Mass media campaigns intended to reduce tobacco initiation use brief, recurring messages to inform and motivate individuals to remain tobacco free. Message content is developed through formative research, and messages may be delivered through paid broadcast time and print space, donated time and space (as public service announcements), or a combination of both. Mass media campaigns can be combined with other interventions.
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