Exploratory Evaluation of Online Brief Education for JUUL Pod-mod Use and Prevention.
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Leavens
ELS, Carpenter MJ, Smith TT, Nollen NL.
Exploratory Evaluation of
Online Brief Education for JUUL Pod-mod Use and Prevention.
Addict Behav. 2021 Aug;119:106942. doi: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2021.106942. Epub 2021
Apr 2. PMID: 33866224; PMCID: PMC8130911.
Introduction.
Initiation of e-cigarette use by young adults is a significant public health
issue within the debate on vaping. The current study is an exploratory
evaluation of brief educational information among young adults and investigated
outcomes as a function of JUUL use and smoking status.
Methods.
Participants (N = 947) were young adults (<30 years old) recruited from
Amazon's Mechanical Turk based on smoking and JUUL use status. Participants
completed baseline assessments, viewed a brief JUUL educational handout, and
completed post-assessments.
Results.
There was a significant Time X Group interaction for JUUL-related knowledge (p
< .001), with never JUUL/never smokers showing the greatest increase in
knowledge. Brief education increased JUUL-related knowledge and risk
perceptions and had a modest impact on commitment to quitting and readiness to
quit JUUL (all p ≤ 0.001; ds = 0.06-0.74; time × group p > .05 for all
contrasts except JUUL-related knowledge). Participants showed modest decreases
in interest in future JUUL use, interest in purchasing, and interest in future
regular use (all p ≤ 0.001; ds = 0.07-0.08; time × group p > .05 for all
contrasts). In terms of smoking outcomes, participants reported reduced perceived
harm to others (p < .001; d = 0.09) and decreased intentions to smoke
regularly (p = .001; d = 0.07).
Conclusions.
Brief education was effective in increasing knowledge and risk perceptions
while showing a modest effect on intentions for future use. The information was
most effective in increasing knowledge among non-users, suggesting that brief
education may be useful for preventing initiation. Analysis of group
differences suggest current JUUL use status is more important in informing
JUUL-related attitudes than smoking status.
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