Effects of providing tailored information about e-cigarettes in a digital smoking cessation intervention: randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT: The effectiveness of e-cigarettes in smoking cessation is under debate. Informing smokers who are motivated to quit smoking about e-cigarettes may help them to make an informed decision about their use for smoking cessation, which, however, may also lead to unintended effects such as less quitting. This experimental study assessed the influence of providing tailored information about e-cigarettes in a web-based tailored smoking cessation intervention on participants' decision-making and smoking behavior. Adult smokers (N = 331) were randomized into a personalized eHealth intervention on (i) smoking cessation (control condition) or (ii) smoking cessation and information about e-cigarettes (intervention condition). Directly postintervention, participants in the intervention condition had mor

SUBMITTER: Elling JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10035064 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature