Developing a text-message library for tobacco prevention among adolescents: A qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Communicating the risks associated with nicotine and tobacco use to adolescents can be challenging, especially with the current tobacco market's attempt to capture the attention of youths. Text message interventions have emerged to address the need to improve tobacco risk communication. This article informs the design of a message library for tobacco risk communication that is based on the transtheoretical model and addresses the risk of multiple tobacco products.

Methods

We draw findings from this study from two phases. Phase 1 involved six remote focus group discussions (n = 25) and an in-depth interview, and Phase 2 involved online ideation sessions (n = 11) that led to the current version of the messages. We conducted the study within a larger project for th

SUBMITTER: Khalil GE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10766181 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature