Project MYTRI (Mobilizing Youth for Tobacco-Related Initiatives in India

Methodology

A school‐based intervention aimed at preventing tobacco use among adolescents in urban Delhi and Chennai, India involving over 14,000 students in 32 schools.
MYTRI was a tobacco prevention intervention involving adolescents, teachers, and parents in innovative activities to enhance knowledge, attitudes, and skills related to tobacco control and advocate for tobacco-free schools, homes, and communities.

Results

MYTRI’s robust scientific design demonstrated the effectiveness of school-based interventions by reducing current tobacco use, their future intentions to use tobacco, and by enhancing their health advocacy skills.