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This study was carried out with the aim of developing and assessing the effectiveness of the smoking prevention program for primary school students.                       The work was conducted in two stages. In the first phase, the databases and research were studied, the educational content was prepared according to the theory of social cognitive learning, taking opinions from experts. In the second phase, the sample was determined and the program was implemented. The sample was taken with the parents of the fourth and fifth-class students in a primary school. The data was collected in the sixth month before the initiative, one year after the initiative and two years after the initiative. In the evaluation of the data, repeated measurements used one-way variance analysis, Bonferroni corrected matched t test and that square test. It has been determined that students in the social cognitive learning group have significantly reduced smoking benefits perceptions and increased harm perceptions. The rate of smoking has not changed. Social-cognitive learning-based initiative program has been found to be effective in reducing the rate of smoking attempt by children, changing the perception of benefits and harm.

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