Delivering vaping cessation interventions to adolescents and young adults on Instagram: protocol for a randomized controlled trial

BMC Public Health

Study Protocol

Pamela M. Ling¹  Joanne Chen Lyu¹  Sarah S. Olson²  Danielle E. Ramo³ 

[1] Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA;Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA;HopeLab, 100 California St #1150, 94111, San Francisco, CA, USA;

关键词: Adolescents and young adults;    Electronic nicotine delivery system (vaping) cessation intervention;    Social media;    Randomized controlled trial;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12889-022-14606-7

 received in 2022-04-20, accepted in 2022-11-13,  发布年份 2022

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundAdolescent and young adult use of electronic nicotine delivery systems (“vaping”) has increased rapidly since 2018. There is a dearth of evidence-based vaping cessation interventions for this vulnerable population. Social media use is common among young people, and smoking cessation groups on social media have shown efficacy in the past. The objective of this study is to describe the protocol for a randomized controlled trial (RCT) testing the efficacy of an Instagram-based vaping cessation intervention for adolescents and young adults.MethodsAdolescents and young adults aged 13–21 residing in California who have vaped at least once per week in the past 30 days will be recruited through social media ads, community partners, and youth serving organizations. Participants will be randomly assigned to intervention or control conditions: the intervention group takes place on Instagram, where participants receive up to 3 posts per weekday for 25 days over 5 weeks; the control group will be directed to kickitca.org, a website offering links to chatline and texting cessation services operated by the California Smokers' Helpline. The primary outcome is biochemically verified 7-day point prevalence abstinence for nicotine vaping; secondary outcomes are vaping reduction by 50% or more, vaping quit attempts, readiness to quit vaping, confidence in ability to quit, desire to quit, commitment to abstinence, and use of evidence-based cessation strategies. Both the primary outcome and secondary outcomes will be assessed immediately, 3 months, and 6 months after the treatment.DiscussionThis is the first RCT to test a vaping cessation intervention delivered through Instagram. If effective, it will be one of the first evidence-based interventions to address vaping among adolescents and young adults and add to the evidence base for social media interventions for this population.Trial registrationClinicalTrials.gov: NCT04707911, registered on January 13, 2021.

【 授权许可】

CC BY   
© The Author(s) 2022

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