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Vape-Free Text-Messaging: Pilot Study

Text-messaging E-cigarette Cessation Intervention for Young Adults in Rural Areas: A Pilot Study

Who can join

Ages 18 to 24 · All sexes · Healthy volunteers welcome

Inclusion Criteria:

* English speaking
* 18-24 years
* everyday e-cigarette use in the past month
* ownership of a mobile phone or smartphone with texting and internet access abilities
* knowledge of how to use text messages
* plan on quitting e-cigarette use within one month
* home address in a rural county of Wisconsin, Minnesota, North Dakota, and South Dakota

Exclusion Criteria:

* Individuals who reported use of other tobacco products (e.g., cigarettes, smokeless tobacco) than e-cigarettes in the past month

About the study

This is a small pilot randomized controlled trial to evaluate the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary efficacy of the e-cigarette cessation text-messaging intervention with young adults in rural areas.

What is being tested

• E-cigarette cessation text-messaging intervention (behavioral)
• Standard care control using standard national resources (behavioral)

Sponsor: Jovan Gwon, PhD, RN, FIAAN · Participants: 50 · Started: May 25, 2023

Contact the study team

Official record on ClinicalTrials.gov — NCT05906082

Locations in the U.S.

Conditions

• Vaping

From ClinicalTrials.gov, data retrieved Sep 30, 2026. Each study sets its own eligibility; the study team decides who can join.