A Vaping Cessation Text Message Program for Adolescent E-Cigarette Users
Graham AL, et al. A Vaping Cessation Text Message Program for Adolescent E-Cigarette Users: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA. Published online August 7, 2024. doi:10.1001/jama.2024.11057
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2822082
“A 2-group randomized clinical trial was conducted with 1503 adolescent e-cigarette users, with 70.8% retention at 7 months. In intention-to-treat analysis, with missingness coded as vaping, abstinence rates were 37.8% among participants assigned to the text message intervention and 28.0% among participants assigned to assessment-only control, a statistically significant difference. No baseline characteristics moderated the treatment-outcome relationship, including nicotine dependence.
A tailored, interactive text message program increased self-reported vaping cessation rates among adolescents recruited via social media channels.”
Comment: There are more approaches to help adolescent e-cigarette users quit using, but it is sad that now cessation methods must be devised to overcome e-cigarette use that was supposed to assist cessation in dependent smokers.
Stephen Hamann
