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

Trial statusNot yet recruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18-24
SponsorUniversity of Hawaii

About this trial

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.

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

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

Disqualifiers

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

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Intervention
  • Control

Treatment groups

120 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groups

Sponsors and collaborators

University of Hawaii

Lead sponsor

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Collaborator