E-cigarette Use
Conditions
Brief summary
This is a small pilot randomized controlled trial to evaluate the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary efficacy of the e-cigarette cessation text-messaging intervention with young adults in rural areas.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALStandard care control using standard national resources
This is the standard care with national resources from smokefree.gov.
BEHAVIORALE-cigarette cessation text-messaging intervention
This is the intervention for e-cigarette cessation using text messages targeting young adults in rural areas.
Sponsors
Jovan Gwon, PhD, RN, FIAAN
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE (Subject)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 24 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* English speaking * 18-24 years * everyday e-cigarette use in the past month * ownership of a mobile phone or smartphone with texting and internet access abilities * knowledge of how to use text messages * plan on quitting e-cigarette use within one month * home address in a rural county of Wisconsin, Minnesota, North Dakota, and South Dakota
Exclusion criteria
* Individuals who reported use of other tobacco products (e.g., cigarettes, smokeless tobacco) than e-cigarettes in the past month
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Number of participants recruited and randomized | Throughout 12 months | Number of participants recruited and randomized |
| Self-reported proportion of text messages read | At 1 month | Proportion of text messages read during the intervention or standard care at 1 month |
| Retention rates (proportion of participants remained until 1 month post-intervention from enrollment) | At 1 month | Proportion of participants from enrollment to 1 month post-intervention or standard-care |
| Level of acceptability of the intervention | At 1 month | 1. When you had received our text messages from our VapeFreeTXT program 1 month ago, how many of our text messages did you read on a typical day? Not at all (1) Read about 25% messages (2) Read about half messages (3) Read about 75% messages (4) Read the entire messages (5) 2. How useful was our VapeFreeTXT program in helping you quit vaping? Not at all useful (1) Slightly useful (2) Moderately useful (3) Very useful (4) Extremely useful (5) 3. Did our VapeFreeTXT program make you think about quitting vaping? Not at all (1) Probably not (2) Neither yes nor no (3) Probably yes (4) Definitely yes (5) 4. Do you think our VapeFreeTXT program will change your vaping? Not at all (1) Probably not (2) Neither yes nor no (3) Probably yes (4) Definitely yes (5) 5. Would you recommend this program to a friend or others? Not at all (1) Probably not (2) Neither yes nor no (3) Probably yes (4) Definitely yes (5) |
| Proportion of salivary cotinine samples returned | At 1 month | Proportion of salivary cotinine samples returned to the office lab for cotinine analysis |
| Self-reported 7-days point prevalence abstinence from ENDS and other tobacco | At 1 month | Self-reported 7-days point prevalence abstinence from ENDS and other tobacco |
| Concentration of cotinine in saliva | At 1 month | Biochemically verified abstinence evaluated by salivary cotinine samples |
| Nicotine dependence (Penn State Electronic Cigarette Dependence Index) | At 1 month | Nicotine dependence (minimum 0 to maximum 20, higher scores mean a worse outcome.) |
Countries
United States
Outcome results
None listed