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The Villainous Vape: Advancing Vaping Prevention Among Adolescents Through a Comic Book

No phase Interventional Vaping Behaviors

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In plain language

An automatic summary of structured registry data. It is an orientation aid, not a substitute for the official protocol or a physician assessment.

What is being studied
The protocol lists: Health Impacts of E-cigarettes, Mind Matters: The Body's Response to Nicotine, Tobacco, and Vaping, The Villainous Vape.
Who it may be relevant to
Registry conditions: Vaping Behaviors. Basic parameters: 12 years — 17 years · All.
What needs checking
Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
Where it takes place
United States
Next step
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Overview

This is a randomized controlled trial to assess the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary impact of The Villainous Vape, a vaping prevention comic book, among adolescents.

Interventions

  • Behavioral Health Impacts of E-cigarettes
    Health Impacts of E-cigarettes is a one-page educational flyer that outlines the impact of using electronic cigarettes and what is being done to mitigate youth vaping. The flyer reviews the dangers of nicotine delivery devices, lung damage, and how to stay safe in the event of social exposure to vaping. Health Impacts of E-cigarettes was developed by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
  • Behavioral Mind Matters: The Body's Response to Nicotine, Tobacco, and Vaping
    Mind Matters: The Body's Response to Nicotine, Tobacco, and Vaping is a five-page educational brochure that utilizes an illustrative approach to sharing basic information about nicotine and tobacco products. The brochure focuses on the physiological effect of these products, health effects, addiction, and key statistics. Mind Matters: The Body's Response to Nicotine, Tobacco, and Vaping was developed by the U.S. National Institute on Drug Abuse.
  • Behavioral The Villainous Vape
    The Villainous Vape is an eleven-page comic book that follows Daniel, a high school student who gets addicted to vaping and is hospitalized in the intensive care unit because he develops a lung disease. Support from friends and family helps Daniel make the decision to quit vaping. Throughout the comic, readers are exposed to various vaping-related facts and statistics.

Primary outcome measures

  • Percentage Of Participants Who Complete the Month 3 Assessment. [Time frame: Month 3]
  • Percentage Of Participants Who Are Satisfied With Their Assigned Intervention at Month 3 [Time frame: Month 3]
  • Percentage Of Participants With Reduced Susceptibility To Future Vaping [Time frame: Baseline to Month 3]

Eligibility criteria

Inclusion criteria

  • Know how to read and speak English and/or Spanish
  • Be at least 12 but no greater than 17 years old
  • Be willing to complete three study visits over Zoom or a phone call
  • Live in Orleans County, New York

Exclusion criteria

  • A household member participating in the study
  • Living outside of Orleans County, New York

Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.

Healthy volunteers: Yes

Study design

Allocation
Randomized
Model
Parallel assignment
Masking
Open label
Primary purpose
Prevention

Study locations

United States · 1 center
  • University of Rochester Medical Center — Rochester

Identifiers

NCT: NCT07737080 · STUDY00011905

Primary sources (government registries)

View this study on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗