| Summary: | Under the PEPS program, panels of prevention experts have organized information on effective prevention programs into a set of guidelines and recommendations that are written for practitioners and are based on a systematic assessment of program effectiveness. This practitioner's guide summarizes the findings and recommendations, which are presented in full in the comprehensive guideline, entitled Reducing Tobacco Use Among Youth: Community-Based Approaches. The practitioner's guide is a unique planning tool. Using the practitioner's guide, you can: become familiar with a broad range of community-based prevention strategies and approaches, strengthen the effectiveness of your prevention programs by using the "General Recommendations" to guide your program planning and implementation, benefit from the evidence-based "Lessons Learned," which are based on a review and analysis of prevention research and practice evidence categorized into six different prevention approaches, and benefit from the "Recommendations for Practice," which are based on the expertise of the PEPS expert panel and the research and practice evidence
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