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Can text messages help teens quit vaping?

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In a randomized trial of 1,503 US teens aged 13 to 17, a text program that taught coping skills and gave support left 37.8% vape-free at 7 months, against 28.0% for teens who got check-in texts only (self-reported).

Teens who didn't answer the follow-up were counted as still vaping, so the result leans cautious. There was no evidence that teens who quit switched to cigarettes.

Sources

  1. Graham AL et al. JAMA 2024. doi:10.1001/jama.2024.11057

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What the study says

  • “Point-prevalence abstinence rates were 37.8% (95% CI, 34.4%-41.3%) among intervention participants and 28.0% (95% CI, 24.9%-31.3%) among control participants (relative risk, 1.35 [95% CI, 1.17-1.57]; P <.001).”
  • “There was no evidence that adolescents who quit vaping transitioned to combustible tobacco products.”
  • “...an automated, interactive text message program for vaping cessation that delivers cognitive and behavioral coping skills training and social support.”

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