Adolescent non-communicable disease risk factor interventions and assumptions
| Risk factor | Intervention | Effectiveness estimate (source) | Outcome |
| Tobacco smoking | Increase in excise tax to 75% of final retail price of tobacco products | For every 10% increase in price, smoking prevalence declines by 5.6%.31 | Reduction in monthly smoking prevalence among adolescents |
| Point-of-sale advertising bans | Full implementation leads to a 27% reduction in the chance of smoking.32 | ||
| Heavy episodic drinking | Compared with current levels, 50% increase in excise tax | For every 10% increase in price, heavy episodic drinking declines by 7.3%.33 | Reduction in heavy episodic drinking among adolescents |
| Complete ban on alcohol advertising (television, radio, outdoors and print) | Full implementation leads to a 42% reduction in heavy episodic drinking.34 | ||
| High body mass index | Addition of a 20% excise tax on sugar-sweetened beverages | For every 10% increase in price, consumption declines by 10%.35 | Reduction in population mean body mass index among adolescents |
| School-based physical activity and nutrition programmes | Full implementation leads to a long term 0.29 kg/m2 reduction in body mass index among participants.22 |