What Works? Six PEPS Prevention Approaches

A prevention approach is a collection of prevention activities that broadly share common methods and strategies, assumptions (theories or hypotheses), and outcomes. The six prevention approaches summarized here are:

• Economic Interventions
• Counteradvertising
• Retailer-Directed Interventions
• Multicomponent School-Linked Community Approaches
• Tobacco-Free Environment Policies
• Restriction of Advertising and Promotion

Two of the six prevention approaches were sufficiently broad to have identifiable subsets, each with its own emphasis or focus. These subsets of prevention approaches are referred to as clusters. Practitioners are encouraged to refer to the comprehensive guideline for a detailed description of these six approaches. The following pages present a brief description of each prevention approach and highlights of the conclusions drawn from the evidence.