A Text Messaging Trial to Test Vaping Health Messages Optimized to Young Adults' Vaping Status

University of Hawaii

Status: Not yet enrolling

Conditions: Young Adults; Vaping Behaviors; Message Exposure

Treatments: Other: Intervention; Other: Control

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; NIH

Identifiers

NCT07038317

4R00CA281094

Details and patient eligibility

About

The goal of this study is to examine if e-cigarette education messages delivered using a source and presentation tailored to one's vaping status influences young adults' vaping behaviors. The main questions it aims to answer are:

1. Does receiving e-cigarette education messages presented using a source (expert or peer) and sidedness (one or two-sided) optimized for the current vaper group influence vaping cessation among young adults who vape daily?
2. Does receiving e-cigarette education messages presented using a source (expert or peer) and sidedness (one or two-sided) optimized for the non-vaper group influence vaping initiation among young adults who are susceptible to vaping? Participants will be randomly assigned to either the treatment (receiving messages tailored to one's vaping status) or the control (receiving non-tobacco messages) condition and receive SMS three times per week over the course of 6 months. They will complete self-report assessment and show salivary cotinine results for nicotine testing at 4 timepoints.

Enrollment: 120 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 24 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• 18-24 years old
• Fluent in English
• Not currently using tobacco products other than e-cigarettes at the time of enrollment
• Have a mobile phone to send and receive text messages

Exclusion criteria

• Age below 18 or above 24
• Not being fluent in English
• Currently using tobacco products other than e-cigarettes
• Not having a mobile phone

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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120 participants in 2 patient groups, including a placebo group

Treatment

Experimental group

Description:

Participants in the treatment arm will receive e-cigarette education messages with source and sidedness optimized to one's vaping status.

Treatment:

Other: Intervention

Control

Placebo Comparator group

Description:

Participants in the control arm will receive messages about sun safety.

Treatment:

Other: Control