Quitline Coaching Helps Young Adults Stop Vaping
By Lori Solomon HealthDay Reporter
MONDAY, Dec. 16, 2024 -- Almost half of young adults who vape are able to stop with quitline help, according to a study published online Dec. 11 in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.
Katrina A. Vickerman, Ph.D., from RVO Health in Fort Mill, South Carolina, and colleagues randomly assigned 508 young U.S. adults (aged 18 to 24 years) who exclusively and regularly (20 or more days of the last 30) used e-cigarettes and were interested in quitting to mailed nicotine replacement therapy (NRT; eight weeks versus none) and/or mHealth (yes versus no; stand-alone text program including links to videos and online content) in the context of an active control of a two-call quitline coaching program.
The researchers found that in intent-to-treat seven-day point prevalence abstinence rates (missing assumed vaping) were 41 percent for those receiving calls only, 43 percent for calls plus mHealth, 48 percent for calls plus NRT, and 48 percent for calls plus NRT plus mHealth. No statistically significant differences were detected for mailed NRT (versus no mailed NRT) or mHealth (versus no mHealth).
"This quitline-delivered intervention was successful at helping young adults quit vaping, with almost half abstinent after three months," the authors write. "Higher than anticipated quit rates reduced power to identify significant group differences."
Several authors disclosed being employed by RVO Health, the provider of quitline cessation services in the randomized trial.
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Posted December 2024
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