NCT05783843

Comparison of Text and Pictorial Waterpipe Tobacco Warnings Among Young Adults

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 1,215 (actual)
• Sponsor: Wake Forest University Health Sciences · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 29 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to whether exposure to waterpipe tobacco warnings reduce young adults' intentions to smoke waterpipe in the future.

Detailed description

Young adults, defined as those 18-29 years old, have the highest rates of waterpipe tobacco smoking, which increases their risk of a variety of pulmonary, neurological, and oncological health conditions, among many others. This trial will randomly assign young adult waterpipe users or those susceptible to use to view waterpipe tobacco packages with text warning, pictorial warnings, or no warnings in a one-time online study. Participants will answer a series of questions regarding each package.

Conditions

• Waterpipe Tobacco Smoking

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Pictorial Warnings	Participants will be shown 6 waterpipe tobacco packages with 6 different pictorial warnings about the health harms of waterpipe smoking. The order of the 6 packages within this trial arm will be randomized. Study investigators developed a fictitious waterpipe tobacco brand to be used in this study and designed the warnings for this arm.
BEHAVIORAL	Text Warnings	Participants will be shown 6 waterpipe tobacco packages with 6 different text-only warnings about the health harms of waterpipe smoking. The order of the 6 packages within this trial arm will be randomized. Study investigators developed a fictitious waterpipe tobacco brand to be used in this study and designed the warnings for this arm.
BEHAVIORAL	No Warnings (Control)	Participants will be shown a single package without a warning. Study investigators developed a fictitious waterpipe tobacco brand to be used in this study.

Timeline

• Start date: 2023-03-09
• Primary completion: 2023-04-07
• Completion: 2023-04-07
• First posted: 2023-03-24
• Last updated: 2024-05-21
• Results posted: 2024-05-21

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States