Understanding Risk Perception, Behaviour, and Attitudes Related to Other New Tobacco Products Among Youth

Helping Youth to Quit Smoking by Understanding Their Risk Perception, Behaviour, and Attitudes Related to Electronic Cigarettes and Other New Tobacco Products

Status

UNKNOWN

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT04416698

Enrollment

390

Registered

2020-06-04

Start date

2020-06-05

Completion date

2022-05-31

Last updated

2020-06-09

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Conditions

Smoking Cessation

Keywords

Youth smokers smoking cessation, tobacco products

Brief summary

To understand the risk perception, behaviour, and attitudes related to electronic cigarettes and other tobacco products among youth.

Detailed description

Phase I Individual qualitative interviews will be conducted to understanding the needs and concerns of youth smokers of e-cigarette or other new tobacco products, including their risk perceptions, and the behaviour, attitudes, and experiences related to these products. Phase II The findings from the interview in phase I will guide the development of a structure questionnaire for a cross-sectional survey to further explore the behaviour, attitudes, and experiences related to e-cigarette or other new tobacco products among youth. The findings of this study have important implications for research and clinical practice. Understanding how youth smokers perceive the risks of using e-cigarette and other new tobacco products, and their behaviour, attitudes, experiences related to smoking to help them achieve smoking abstinence. Moreover, the results of this study can understand the misconceptions about e-cigarette and other new tobacco product among youth, increase their perception of the risks of continued smoking and benefits of quitting.

Interventions

BEHAVIORALIndividual qualitative interview

Individual interviews will be conducted to understanding the needs and concerns of youth smokers of e-cigarette or other new tobacco products, including their risk perceptions, and the behaviour, attitudes, and experiences related to these tobacco products.

BEHAVIORALcross-sectional survey study

structured questionnaire will be constructed for a cross-sectional survey to further explore the behaviour, attitudes, and experiences related to electronic cigarettes or other new tobacco products among youth.

Study design

Observational model

OTHER

Time perspective

CROSS_SECTIONAL

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

12 Years to 25 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* Youth smokers who contacted the Youth Quitline will be eligible to be included in this study if they (1) are ethnic Chinese; (2) are aged ≤ 25 years; (3) are ever user of e-cigarette or any new tobacco products; and (4) spoke Cantonese.

Exclusion criteria

* psychologically or physically unable to communicate

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Smoking behaviors in phase I	Baseline	the behaviour, attitudes, and experiences related to electronic cigarettes and other new tobacco products among youth in individual qualitative interview (Phase I)
Smoking behaviors in phase II	Baseline	the behaviour, attitudes, and experiences related to electronic cigarettes and other new tobacco products among youth in structured questionnaires (Phase II)

Countries

Hong Kong

Contacts

Primary ContactHo Cheung William Li, PhD

william3@hku.hk+85239176634

Backup ContactWei Xia, PhD

xiavive@hku.hk+85239176650

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026