NCT07437196

Social Media Vaping Cessation Pilot With Peer Mentors

Single-Arm Social Media Vaping Cessation Trial With Peer Mentors

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 27 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of California, San Francisco · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 13 Years – 29 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to understand the feasibility and acceptability of integrating peer mentoring into a social media-based intervention to help adolescents and young adults quit e-cigarette use.

Detailed description

This study is a one-arm pilot trial with adolescent and young adult e-cigarette users. This study tested a peer-mentored program to help teens and young adults quit vaping using social media. Participants joined one of two inter groups and received messages from a trained counselor over 5 weeks. Each group also included two peer mentors who had successfully quit vaping and offered support. Participants completed surveys before and after the program.

Conditions

• Vaping
• Social Support

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Quit the Hit (QTH) Program with Peer Mentoring	The QTH program delivered 1-3 evidence-based vaping cessation messages per weekday via Instagram over 5 weeks. Peer mentors, aged similarly to participants and who had successfully quit vaping, provided social support, encouragement, and one-on-one direct messaging.

Timeline

• Start date: 2024-06-19
• Primary completion: 2024-07-30
• Completion: 2024-08-03
• First posted: 2026-02-27
• Last updated: 2026-02-27

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States