CompletedNot Applicable

Optimizing Risk Messages for Waterpipe Tobacco Cessation in Young Adults

United States349 participantsStarted 2018-08-28

Plain-language summary

The objective of this study is to examine whether messages conveying the harms and addictiveness of waterpipe (i.e., hookah) tobacco delivered by mobile phone multimedia messaging (MMS) are effective for promoting hookah tobacco cessation among young adults ages 18 to 30 years.

Who can participate

Age range18 Years – 30 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * Age between 18 and 30 * Smoked hookah tobacco within the last 30 days and smokes hookah tobacco on at least a monthly basis * Has access the internet to complete study procedures * Has personal mobile phone to complete study procedures Exclusion Criteria: * Age less than 18 or greater than 30 * Has not smoked hookah tobacco in the last 30 days or does not smoke hookah tobacco on at least a monthly basis * Does not have access to the internet to complete study procedures * Does not have a personal mobile phone to complete study procedures

What they're measuring

Perceived Harm

Timeframe: 6-months

Perceived Addictiveness

Timeframe: 6-months

Worry About Harm

Timeframe: 6-months

Worry About Addictiveness

Timeframe: 6 months

Motivation to Quit

Timeframe: 6-months

Hookah Tobacco Use Frequency

Timeframe: 6 months

Percent of Participants Who Quit Smoking Hookah Tobacco

Timeframe: 6 months

Trial details

NCT IDNCT03595280

SponsorGeorgetown University

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2020-08-01

Results submitted2021-07-29

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