Electronic Cigarette Use and Quitting in Youth

NCT ID: NCT02949648

Last Updated: 2016-10-31

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Total Enrollment

189 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2015-09-30

Study Completion Date

2016-08-31

Brief Summary

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A mixed method (longitudinal, trajectory and qualitative studies) to provide comprehensive evidence on the impact of e-cigarette use on smoking and quitting among smoking youth in Hong Kong.

Detailed Description

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Subjects are from a cohort of Youth Quitline callers and smoking youth (N=200) in Hong Kong. The longitudinal study will investigate the effects of baseline e-cigarette use on quitting (including relapse), nicotine addiction and intention to smoke at 12-month telephone follow-up. A qualitative study will be conducted on 10 ex- and 10 current smokers to supplement and facilitate interpretation of the quantitative findings.

Conditions

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Smoking

Keywords

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Electronic cigarette

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

COHORT

Study Time Perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

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Electronic cigarette ever user

Youth Quitline callers who reported ever use of e-cigarette at baseline.

Electronic cigarette

Intervention Type DEVICE

Electronic cigarettes are devices that do not burn or use tobacco leaves but instead vaporize a solution the user then inhales. The device contains an electronic vaporization system, rechargeable batteries, electronic controls and cartridges of the liquid is vaporized.

Electronic cigarette never user

Youth Quitline callers who reported never use of e-cigarette at baseline.

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Electronic cigarette

Electronic cigarettes are devices that do not burn or use tobacco leaves but instead vaporize a solution the user then inhales. The device contains an electronic vaporization system, rechargeable batteries, electronic controls and cartridges of the liquid is vaporized.

Intervention Type DEVICE

Other Intervention Names

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Electronic nicotine delivery system

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

1. Ethnic Chinese
2. Cantonese speakers
3. Smoke at least 1 cigarette in the past 30 days

Exclusion Criteria

1. Psychologically or physically unable to communicate
2. Undergoing other smoking cessation programme
Maximum Eligible Age

25 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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The University of Hong Kong

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Dr. Wang Man-Ping

Assisstant Professor

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Man Ping Wang, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

[email protected]

Locations

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Youth Quitline, School of Nursing, The University of Hong Kong

Hong Kong, , Hong Kong

Site Status

Countries

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Hong Kong

Other Identifiers

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EC use and quitting in youth

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id