Grant Details
Grant Number: |
5R21CA246602-02 Interpret this number |
Primary Investigator: |
Katz, Sherri Jean |
Organization: |
University Of Minnesota |
Project Title: |
E-Cigarettes and Youth: Tests of Strategies to Prevent Recreational Use |
Fiscal Year: |
2020 |
Abstract
Project Summary: E-Cigarettes and Youth: Tests of Strategies to Prevent
Recreational Use.
While electronic cigarettes have been used successfully as a cessation tool, recreational
use of e-cigarettes by non-smoking youth has increased dramatically in recent years.
This study tests how variations in modified risk statements, novelty flavors, and flavor
representation (pictorial images vs. plain-text flavor names) influence how middle school
youth perceive e-cigarettes and their susceptibility toward use. This research helps to
identify communication strategies that minimize recreational uptake of e-cigarettes by
middle school youth. Two randomly-assigned, between-subjects experiments will be
conducted on a verified middle school sample. The first with vary whether or not
participants view a modified risk statement alongside the FDA warning on e-cigarette
packages, as well as the type of modified risk statement (abstract health consequence
mentioned vs. specific health consequence mentioned). The second study will vary
whether or not participants view e-liquid vials with tobacco flavor or a novelty flavor
(menthol, fruit, candy, goth). Outcome measures include risk perceptions, message
comprehension, harm minimizing beliefs, susceptibility, and behavioral intentions toward
e-cigarette uptake. This research project builds the literature on the perceptions and
influence of e-cigarette labeling on youth.
Publications
Tobacco Free Nicotine Vaping Products: A Study of Health Halo Effects Among Middle School Youth.
Authors: Katz S.J.
, Petersen A.
, Cohen E.
, Hatsukami D.
.
Source: Journal of health communication, 2023-06-03; 28(6), p. 391-400.
PMID: 37340942
Related Citations
Vaping Flavors and Flavor Representation: A Test of Youth Risk Perceptions, Novelty Perceptions, and Susceptibility.
Authors: Katz S.J.
, Petersen A.
, Liu H.
, Cohen E.
, Hatsukami D.
.
Source: Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco, 2023-02-09; 25(3), p. 590-595.
PMID: 35931419
Related Citations