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. 2018 Apr 6;7:56. doi: 10.1186/s13643-018-0715-8

Table 2.

MEDLINE example full search strategy. This search strategy will be adapted for each database

1. young people.mp.
2. young person$.mp.
3. young adult$.mp.
4. adolescent$.mp.
5. youth$.mp.
6. teenage$.mp.
7. girl$.mp.
8. boy$.mp.
9. exp Adolescent/
10. Child/
11. child$.mp.
12. or/1-11
13. exp Schools/
14. academy.mp.
15. academies.mp.
16. city technology.mp.
17. education centre$.mp.		 18. secure unit$.mp.
19. training unit$.mp.
20. secure training.mp.
21. referral unit$.mp.
22. school$.mp.
23. (offender$ adj institute$).mp.
24. further education.mp.
25. or/13-25
26. 25 and 12
27. health promotion.mp. or exp Health Promotion/
28. health education.mp. or exp Health Education/
29. primary prevention.mp. or exp Primary Prevention/
30. (campaign or teach$ or advis$ or counsel$ or promot$ or encourag$).mp.		 31. (program$ or lectur$ or train$ or workshop$ or seminar$ or lesson$ or learn$ or curricul$ or course$ or educat$).mp.
32. or/28-31
33. 26 and 32
34. exp Smoking/ or smoking.mp.
35. smok$.mp.
36. tobacco$.mp.
37. cigarette$.mp.
38. nicotine$.mp.
39. ((prevent$ or abstain$ or abstin$ or stop$ or discourag$ or anti$ or no or non) adj2 smok$).mp.
40. or/35-39
41. 34 and 40
42. limit 41 to (english language and yr="2008 - 2017")