Electronic Cigarette Use and Quitting in Youth

The University of Hong Kong (HKU)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Smoking

Treatments: Device: Electronic cigarette

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02949648

EC use and quitting in youth

Details and patient eligibility

About

A mixed method (longitudinal, trajectory and qualitative studies) to provide comprehensive evidence on the impact of e-cigarette use on smoking and quitting among smoking youth in Hong Kong.

Full description

Subjects are from a cohort of Youth Quitline callers and smoking youth (N=200) in Hong Kong. The longitudinal study will investigate the effects of baseline e-cigarette use on quitting (including relapse), nicotine addiction and intention to smoke at 12-month telephone follow-up. A qualitative study will be conducted on 10 ex- and 10 current smokers to supplement and facilitate interpretation of the quantitative findings.

Enrollment: 189 patients

Sex: All

Ages: Under 25 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. Ethnic Chinese
2. Cantonese speakers
3. Smoke at least 1 cigarette in the past 30 days

Exclusion criteria

1. Psychologically or physically unable to communicate
2. Undergoing other smoking cessation programme

Trial design

189 participants in 2 patient groups

Electronic cigarette ever user

Description:

Youth Quitline callers who reported ever use of e-cigarette at baseline.

Treatment:

Device: Electronic cigarette

Electronic cigarette never user

Description:

Youth Quitline callers who reported never use of e-cigarette at baseline.