Research with young people

Young people were consulted in two ways.

• Questionnaires were distributed by mediators to young people who had
received the booklet, and discussion groups were set up.

•  Secondly, questionnaires were distributed by young people themselves,
and peer evaluation groups were also set up by young people to discuss the
booklet and to gather views on a teen website.

Feedback has been received from approximately 50 young people who completed
questionnaires and /or took part in discussion and peer-evaluation groups. This
included 18 school pupils aged 16 -17 in Aberdeen, 10 young people aged 14-18
attending a youth group in Yorkshire, 11 young people aged 16-18 from a school
sixth form in Oxfordshire, 4 young people on a Fresh Start course in London, and a
group of 5 comprehensive school students aged 14-15 in London.

Summary information was also provided by teachers running a school smoking
cessation group in Yorkshire, and from a school class in an Education Action Zone
in Sheffield.

FINDINGS

QUESTIONNAIRES RETURNED BY HEALTH AND OTHER PROFESSIONALS

Which health and other professionals have used I Quit!

A wide range of professionals working with young people have used I Quit! These
include:

School nurses
Practice nurses
District nurses
Health visitors
Midwives
General Practice staff
Pharmacists
Community education workers
Youth workers
Youth club leaders
Health promotion advisers
Teachers
Social workers
Advice and information workers