Interventions to change vaping harm perceptions and associations between harm perceptions and vaping and smoking behaviours: A systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

To synthesize and describe the evidence from among young people and adults to assess: (i) what interventions have been effective in changing vaping harm perceptions; and (ii) to what extent vaping harm perceptions predict any changes in vaping and smoking behaviours.

Methods

Systematic review searching five databases (Embase, PsycINFO, Medline, CINAHL, Scopus) from January 2007 to January 2023. Eligible studies reported quantitative data with >1 time point among young people (sample majority aged <18 years) or adults (sample majority aged ≥18 years). Interventions were considered if they communicated vaping harms, categorized as relative (vaping vs smoking) or absolute (vaping vs not vaping). Outcomes were changes in: (i) vaping (absolute, relative) or nicotine harm per

SUBMITTER: East K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12710839 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature