Nicotine Cessation: Adapting a Counseling Program for Emerging Adults
Veterans Medical Research Foundation
Summary
The objective of this proposal is to adapt an evidence-based combustible tobacco counseling intervention following an evidence-based process to include e-cigarette use and update its components for emerging adults (EA). 1. Examine factors related to e-cigarette use, barriers to cessation, and facilitators of use of cessation services among an EA population. 2. Beta-test an initial version of the intervention, delivered via video telehealth and telephone, to examine usability and acceptability.
Description
Use of electronic nicotine products (ENDS) has increased dramatically especially among young adults (EA- aged 18-30) and has been found to lead to immediate harmful health effects and increased addiction to combustible cigarette use. To date no research-tested interventions have been developed for helping people stop use of electronic nicotine products. Emerging adulthood is a developmental period that can lead to adoption of health risk behaviors. This proposal aims to address nicotine addiction by adapting an evidence-based counseling cessation intervention developed by the American Cancer…
Eligibility
- Age range
- 18–30 years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- No
Inclusion Criteria: * daily e-cigarette user for at least the past 6 months * 18-30 years old * willing to enroll in a program to quit nicotine use within 30 days * owns smartphone or computer/tablet with camera and internet connectivity * English speaker Exclusion Criteria: * ICD-10 diagnosis of dementia * current use of combustible tobacco products at least weekly
Interventions
- Behavioraladapted vaping cessation intervention
Behavioral intervention for vaping cessation
Location
- Veterans Medical Research FoundationSan Diego, California