Smoking Prevention Through Social Connections Among Adolescents - ASPIRE

Not Applicable

Completed

Brief Summary: The central hypothesis of this study is that the addition of social influence strategies to a web-based program called ASPIRE will boost its success in lowering intention to use tobacco among adolescents and experiencing stronger positive social influence. The study will involve a nested group randomized controlled trial with adolescents from after-school programs and schools (e.g., the PK Yonge school) in Florida.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria

All participants must be of ages 11 through 18 (11 and 18 included; age group for adolescents adopted by several National Institutes of Health)
Are members of after school program or school
All participants will be English speaking
Adolescents with developmental disability, mental or physical, are not excluded from the study. However, they will only be able to participate if (1) they understand the information presented to them in the consent document, and (2) they believe they are capable to engage in the board game, use the internet, and answer survey questions.
Pregnant adolescents will be eligible to participate in the research study as requested by the NIH based on 2 principles that will be discussed at time of consent.

Exclusion Criteria

-When participants don't meet the inclusion criteria

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Susceptibility to Vaping	4 weeks; Note that each survey completion has a window of 2 weeks, taking into account site availability, presence of students, holidays, and site resources.	During the course of the study surveys reviewed. This outcome was measured using a binary form of the susceptibility to vaping scale, which aims at measuring intention to vape. Scores were 0 (non-susceptible) or 1 (susceptible). A score of 1 has a worse value than a score of 0.
Susceptibility to Using Conventional Tobacco	4 weeks; Note that each survey completion has a window of 2 weeks, taking into account site availability, presence of students, holidays, and site resources.	During the course of the study surveys reviewed. This outcome was measured using a binary form of the susceptibility to smoking scale, which aims at measuring intention to use conventional tobacco. Scores were 0 (non-susceptible) or 1 (susceptible). A score of 1 has a worse value than a score of 0. The measure combines susceptibility to using cigarettes, cigars, hookah, and chewing tobacco.

Secondary Outcome Measures