Comparison of Text and Pictorial Waterpipe Tobacco Warnings Among Young Adults

Wake Forest University (WFU)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Waterpipe Tobacco Smoking

Treatments: Behavioral: No Warnings (Control); Behavioral: Text Warnings; Behavioral: Pictorial Warnings

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; NIH

Identifiers

NCT05783843

R01CA241420 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

IRB00091946

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to whether exposure to waterpipe tobacco warnings reduce young adults' intentions to smoke waterpipe in the future.

Full description

Young adults, defined as those 18-29 years old, have the highest rates of waterpipe tobacco smoking, which increases their risk of a variety of pulmonary, neurological, and oncological health conditions, among many others. This trial will randomly assign young adult waterpipe users or those susceptible to use to view waterpipe tobacco packages with text warning, pictorial warnings, or no warnings in a one-time online study. Participants will answer a series of questions regarding each package.

Enrollment: 1,215 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 29 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• United States (US) Resident
• Has used waterpipe tobacco within the past year (self-report) OR
• Has not used waterpipe tobacco within the past year but is susceptible to use (self-report)

Exclusion criteria

• Younger than 18 or older than 29
• Not a US Resident
• Has not used waterpipe tobacco within the past year and is not susceptible to use (self-report)

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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1,215 participants in 3 patient groups

Pictorial Warnings

Experimental group

Description:

Waterpipe tobacco packages shown with pictorial warnings about health harms of waterpipe smoking

Treatment:

Behavioral: Pictorial Warnings

Text Warnings

Experimental group

Description:

Waterpipe tobacco packages shown with text-only warning about health harms of waterpipe smoking

Treatment:

Behavioral: Text Warnings

No Warnings (Control)

Experimental group

Description:

Waterpipe tobacco package shown without a warning

Treatment:

Behavioral: No Warnings (Control)