Pilot study to inform young adults about the risks of electronic cigarettes through text messaging.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Young adults are rapidly adopting electronic cigarette (e-cigarette) use. The popularity of e-cigarettes among young people can be attributed to heavy industry advertising and misleading health claims. Data indicate that young e-cigarette users who have never used conventional cigarettes may transition toward smoking combustible cigarettes. Communicating e-cigarette risks via text messaging is limited. This pilot study assessed the impact of exposure to 16 text messages on e-cigarette knowledge and risk perception. The short text messages delivered to participants conveyed e-cigarette use may lead to addiction to nicotine and explained the latest health-related findings.

Methods

A two-group randomized pretest and posttest study was conducted among 95 racially, e

SUBMITTER: Calabro KS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6889374 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature