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

• Conditions: Smoking Cessation
• Interventions: Behavioral: Individual qualitative interview; Behavioral: cross-sectional survey study

• Registration Number: NCT04416698
• Lead Sponsor: The University of Hong Kong

Brief Summary

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

Detailed 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.

Study Timeline

• Status Verified: 2020-06
• Study First Submitted: 2020-06-02
• Study First Submitted QC: 2020-06-02
• Study First Posted: 2020-06-04
• Study Start: 2020-06-05
• Last Update Submitted: 2020-06-05
• Last Update Posted: 2020-06-09
• Primary Completion: 2021-05
• Study Completion: 2022-05

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 390

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.

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Exclusion Criteria

• psychologically or physically unable to communicate

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Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Youth smokers	Individual qualitative interview	Participants of Youth Quitline
Youth smokers	cross-sectional survey study	Participants of Youth Quitline

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Smoking behaviors in phase I	Baseline	the behaviour, attitudes, and experiences related to electronic cigarettes and other new tobacco products among youth in individual qualitative interview (Phase I)
Smoking behaviors in phase II	Baseline	the behaviour, attitudes, and experiences related to electronic cigarettes and other new tobacco products among youth in structured questionnaires (Phase II)

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

The University of Hong Kong; 🇭🇰 Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong