What this study is
The purpose of this study is to develop an electronic cigarette (e-cigarette) counter-marketing lesson for adolescents. The lesson will involve short videos designed to improve adolescents' cognition of e-cigarette marketing in the retail environment with the overall goal of reducing their susceptibility to use, intent to use, and actual use of e-cigarettes. Through this study, the study team will identify and refine the key messages that would make this lesson acceptable, feasible to implement, and effective in altering e-cigarette-related perceptions and potentially behaviors.
What's being tested
- Working group
Intervention · OTHER
Participants will: 1) take a 10-min demographic survey; 2) join 3 x 60-min working group meetings in which they will review preliminary results, collaborate on curriculum design, and provide feedback; and 3) respond to prompts in 3 emails (approx 5-10 mins each).
- Focus group
Intervention · OTHER
Participants will take a 10-min demographic survey and join 1 x 30-min focus group meeting in which they will provide feedback on the curriculum in development.
Study details
- Official title
- Countering E-cigarette Marketing in the Retail Environment Among Adolescents and Young Adults
- Sponsor
- Boston Children's Hospital
- Conditions
- E-cigarette · Vaping · Tobacco · Nicotine · Adolescent Behavior · Video Information · Digital Education Interventions
- Enrolling
- 46 people
- Starts
- 2025-08-04
- Est. completion
- 2027-04-30
- Record
- View on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
Who can join
Age 13 Years and overSex ALLHealthy volunteers AcceptedAll participants
You may qualify if
- WORKING GROUP MEMBERS
- Adolescents and young adults ages 13-21 years
- Fluent in English
- Provide their cell phone number and email address
- Provide a phone number for at least one backup contact
You can't join if
- Express inability to participate consistently across study working group meetings. FOCUS GROUP PARTICIPANTS
Youth participants
You may qualify if
- Middle school students may be 13-15 years
- High schoolers may be 16-18 years
- Young adults may be 19-29 years
- Provide a phone number for at least one backup contact (e.g, parent/guardian) Curriculum design experts:; Experience of at least 1 year in tobacco prevention or relevant public health field Parent:; Parent of a child who has e-cigarette use history or is currently using (preferred, but not essential) Educator:; Currently employed as teacher at a middle/high school All participants; Provide their cell phone number and email address; Fluent in English
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Study locations (1)
1 openBoston Children's Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Study team
Sponsor
Boston Children's Hospital
Study ID 25-232
Frequently asked questions
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