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Randomized Controlled Trial
. 2022 Aug 14;19(16):10026.
doi: 10.3390/ijerph191610026.

Evaluating the Immediate Impact of Graphic Messages for Vaping Prevention among Black and Latino Adolescents: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Francisco Cartujano-Barrera  1 , Ruthmarie Hernández-Torrez  1 , Xueya Cai  2 , Rafael H Orfin  1 , Chiamaka Azogini  1 , Arlette Chávez-Iñiguez  1 , Edgar Santa Cruz  3 , Maansi Bansal-Travers  4 , Karen M Wilson  1   5 , Scott McIntosh  1 , Deborah J Ossip  1 , Ana Paula Cupertino  1
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Randomized Controlled Trial

Evaluating the Immediate Impact of Graphic Messages for Vaping Prevention among Black and Latino Adolescents: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Francisco Cartujano-Barrera et al. Int J Environ Res Public Health. .

Abstract

The purpose of this pilot study was to assess the immediate impact of vaping prevention graphic messages on the susceptibility to future vaping among Black and Latino adolescents (ages 12 to 17). Graphic messages (available in English and Spanish) were developed using participatory research procedures with Black and Latino adolescents. Recruitment was conducted by a team of diverse, bilingual (English and Spanish), trained recruiters. Participants (n = 362) were randomized in a 1:1:1:1 schema to receive one of four graphic messages (health rewards, financial rewards, autonomy, and social norms). Overall, all graphic messages but one showed a slight decrease in the number of participants susceptible to future vaping, though none of these differences was statistically significant. The graphic message on health rewards decreased the number of participants susceptible to future vaping the most (55.7% vs. 50%, at pre- vs. post-viewing, p = 0.125), followed by the graphic messages on social norms and autonomy (55.1% vs. 52.8%, p = 0.687; 55.4% vs. 52.2%, p = 0.435; respectively). The graphic message on financial rewards increased the number of participants susceptible to future vaping slightly (52.7% vs. 53.8%, p = 1.00). Future research is needed to evaluate susceptibility to future vaping before and after exposure to different and/or repeated vaping prevention graphic messages.

Keywords: Black adolescents; Latino adolescents; adolescents; e-cigarettes; electronic cigarettes; graphic messages; vaping.

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The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.

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