Evaluation of the Be Vape Free Curriculum of the Tobacco Prevention Toolkit

Not Applicable

• Conditions: E-cigarette Use

• Registration Number: NCT05493982
• Lead Sponsor: Stanford University

Brief Summary

The Stanford Tobacco Prevention Toolkit is a free online curriculum developed for use by educators and health professionals in providing tobacco-specific prevention education to middle and high school students. A set of lessons focused on e-cigarette/vaping prevention education specifically is called the Be Vape Free curriculum. The aims of this study are to determine: (1) whether the Be Vape Free curriculum is effective in increasing middle and high school students' resistance to using tobacco and in decreasing positive attitudes towards and intentions to use e-cigarettes; (2) whether the Curriculum is effective in changing middle and high school students' actual use of tobacco; and (3) Examine heterogenous treatment effects identifying groups that benefit the most and those who do not benefit at all from the intervention.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2022-08-06
• Study First Submitted QC: 2022-08-06
• Study First Posted: 2022-08-09
• Study Start: 2022-10-19
• Status Verified: 2025-07
• Last Update Submitted: 2025-07-07
• Last Update Posted: 2025-07-10
• Primary Completion: 2025-12-31
• Study Completion: 2026-05-29

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: ENROLLING_BY_INVITATION
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 10800

Inclusion Criteria

Middle school and high school students receiving health education at schools participating in the study

Exclusion Criteria

None

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Change in e-cigarette use	Change from baseline to follow-up at approximately 156 weeks	Investigator-originated survey measures (questions) assess ever e-cigarette use \& past 30-day tobacco use. This outcome measure assesses e-cigarette use.
Change in intention to use of e-cigarettes scaled score as measured by investigator-originated survey	Change from baseline to follow-up at approximately 156 weeks	This survey measures change in intention to use e-cigarettes with questions related to the participant's knowledge of and resistance to use of e-cigarettes.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Stanford University; 🇺🇸 Palo Alto, California, United States