Understanding Risk Perception, Behaviour, and Attitudes Related to Other New Tobacco Products Among Youth

Smoking Cessation Clinical Trial

Official title:

Helping Youth to Quit Smoking by Understanding Their Risk Perception, Behaviour, and Attitudes Related to Electronic Cigarettes and Other New Tobacco Products

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04416698
• Other study ID #: other tobacco products
• Status: Recruiting
• Start date: June 5, 2020
• Est. completion date: May 2022

Study information

• Verified date: June 2020
• Source: The University of Hong Kong
• Contact: Ho Cheung William Li, PhD
• Phone: +85239176634
• Email: william3[@]hku.hk
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

To understand the risk perception, behaviour, and attitudes related to electronic cigarettes and other tobacco products among youth.

Description:

Phase I Individual qualitative interviews will be conducted to understanding the needs and concerns of youth smokers of e-cigarette or other new tobacco products, including their risk perceptions, and the behaviour, attitudes, and experiences related to these products.

Phase II The findings from the interview in phase I will guide the development of a structure questionnaire for a cross-sectional survey to further explore the behaviour, attitudes, and experiences related to e-cigarette or other new tobacco products among youth.

The findings of this study have important implications for research and clinical practice. Understanding how youth smokers perceive the risks of using e-cigarette and other new tobacco products, and their behaviour, attitudes, experiences related to smoking to help them achieve smoking abstinence. Moreover, the results of this study can understand the misconceptions about e-cigarette and other new tobacco product among youth, increase their perception of the risks of continued smoking and benefits of quitting.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Enrollment: 390
• Est. completion date: May 2022
• Est. primary completion date: May 2021
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 12 Years to 25 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Youth smokers who contacted the Youth Quitline will be eligible to be included in this study if they (1) are ethnic Chinese; (2) are aged = 25 years; (3) are ever user of e-cigarette or any new tobacco products; and (4) spoke Cantonese.

Exclusion Criteria:

• psychologically or physically unable to communicate

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Smoking Cessation

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Individual qualitative interview
Individual interviews will be conducted to understanding the needs and concerns of youth smokers of e-cigarette or other new tobacco products, including their risk perceptions, and the behaviour, attitudes, and experiences related to these tobacco products.
• cross-sectional survey study
structured questionnaire will be constructed for a cross-sectional survey to further explore the behaviour, attitudes, and experiences related to electronic cigarettes or other new tobacco products among youth.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Hong Kong	The University of Hong Kong	Hong Kong	Pokfulam

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
The University of Hong Kong

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Hong Kong, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Smoking behaviors in phase I	the behaviour, attitudes, and experiences related to electronic cigarettes and other new tobacco products among youth in individual qualitative interview (Phase I)	Baseline
Primary	Smoking behaviors in phase II	the behaviour, attitudes, and experiences related to electronic cigarettes and other new tobacco products among youth in structured questionnaires (Phase II)	Baseline