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The impact of e-cigarette shop displays on children

The impact of e-cigarette retail displays on smoking susceptibility in children: an experimental study

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
ISRCTN
Registry ID
ISRCTN18215632
Enrollment
1000
Registered
2020-12-22
Start date
2020-12-22
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2022-09-05

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Conditions

Smoking susceptibility among children Not Applicable Smoking susceptibility among children

Interventions

Participants will take part in an online experiment, which will use a 2x2 between-subjects design, with two factors: 1. E-cigarette retail display visibility (high vs low)

Sponsors

University of Bristol
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Aged between 13 and 17 years

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Does not meet inclusion criteria

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
1. Smoking susceptibility will be assessed among never smokers only measured using an established questionnaire with three questions: "Do you think that you will try a cigarette soon?"; and "If one of your best friends were to offer you a cigarette, would you smoke it?"; "Do you think you will be smoking cigarettes 1 year from now?" (the responses to each given either a grade of 0 or 1, where a total score of 0 to 3 is possible, with 0 being not susceptible and =1 being susceptible) measured after exposure to the retail display images

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
1. Vaping susceptibility will be assessed among never vapers only measured using a questionnaire adapted from the smoking susceptibility measure with three questions: "Do you think that you will try an e-cigarette (vape) soon?"; and "If one of your best friends were to offer you an e-cigarette (vape), would you smoke it?"; "Do you think you will be using e-cigarettes (vaping) 1 year from now?" (the responses to each given either a grade of 0 or 1, where a total score of 0 to 3 is possible, with 0 being not susceptible and =1 being susceptible) measured after exposure to the retail display images 2. Perception of harm of tobacco smoking will be assessed using a question adapted for vaping harms: “How dangerous do you think it is to smoke one or two cigarettes occasionally?” (rated on a five-point scale, where a score of 1 is not very dangerous and score of 5 is very dangerous) measured after exposure to the retail display images

Countries

England, United Kingdom

Contacts

Public ContactAnna Blackwell
akmb22@bath.ac.uk+44 (0)117 928 8011

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 18, 2026