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Impact of E-Cigarette Prevention Messages on Adolescents
Sponsor: UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center
Summary
The purpose of this trial is to determine whether a vaping prevention text message program reduces susceptibility to vaping among adolescents and young adults. This study addresses this issue by exposing participants to a vaping prevention text message program over a 28-day period in a randomized controlled trial with a matched attention control condition. A follow-up assessment is also made 4 weeks after the text messaging ends.
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
13 Years - 20 Years
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
480
Start Date
2024-02-05
Completion Date
2024-08-12
Last Updated
2026-10-06
Healthy Volunteers
Yes
Conditions
Interventions
Vaping prevention text messages
Participants will receive text messages (2 daily, on average) about the harms of e-cigarette use and vaping for 28 days, with introductory messages sent on day 1 and concluding messages sent on day 28. Each vaping prevention text message will focus on one of six topics: nicotine addiction, monetary costs of vaping, chemical exposures from e-cigarette vapor, cosmetic effects of vaping, mental and physical use symptoms of vaping, and health impact on organs from vaping. Some text messages will ask participants for a reply (i.e., two-way messages).
Wellness behaviors text messages
Participants will receive text messages (2 daily, on average) about general wellness topics, with introductory messages sent on day 1 and concluding messages sent on day 28. Each wellness text message will focus on one of six topics: sleep hygiene, safe driving, sun safety, study habits, nutrition, and exercise. This attention control condition is matched with the intervention condition in that participants will receive the same number of text messages over the same number of days, the same intervention structure (e.g., 6 topics), and the same number and types of two-way messages.
Locations (1)
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States