Social Media Support Groups for Adolescent Vaping Cessation

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age13+
SponsorUniversity of California, San Francisco

About this trial

The purpose of this study is to pilot test feasibility and acceptability of the Quit the Hit Toolkit, a social media-based nicotine vaping cessation program for adolescents and young adults, adapted for use in community settings.

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

English literacy

Age between 13-21 years (group participants) or 18+ (coaches, peer mentors)

Indicate they use social media "most" (>= 4) days per week (group participants)

Have vaped at least once per week in the past 30 days (90 percent of participants) (group participants)

Disqualifiers

No English literacy

Age under 13 or over 21 (group participants) or under 18 (coaches, peer mentors)

Insufficient social media use (3 or fewer days per week) (group participants)

Have not vaped at least once per week in past 30 days (group participants)

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Social Media Intervention

Treatment groups

60 Participants
are divided into 1 treatment group

Sponsors and collaborators

University of California, San Francisco

Lead sponsor

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Collaborator

Rescue Agency

Collaborator

HopeLab Foundation

Collaborator