Youth generated prevention messages about electronic cigarettes
Youth generated prevention messages about electronic cigarettes
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DOI：
10.1093/her/cyz001
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发表时间：
2019-04-01
影响因子：
2.4
通讯作者：
Krishnan-Sarin, Suchitra
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作者：
Cavallo, Dana A.;Kong, Grace;Krishnan-Sarin, Suchitra
电子烟在年轻人中的使用率很高，人们对电子烟的长期健康影响知之甚少。由于同龄人的影响是烟草使用的一个强大的决定因素，我们的目的是确定有关电子烟的信息主题，年轻人会用它来鼓励或劝阻同龄人使用电子烟。我们进行了10个焦点小组（N = 69）与非吸烟者和吸烟者从一所中学，高中和大学在康涅狄格州。参与者参与了关于电子烟的讨论，每个参与者都创建了一个书面信息来鼓励使用电子烟，另一个则阻止同龄人使用电子烟。我们对这些信息进行了内容分析，确定了三个主题和12个鼓励和劝阻的子主题。令人鼓舞的主题包括电子烟相对于香烟的健康益处、有吸引力的产品特性（例如口味）和使用电子烟的社会优势（例如积极的社会形象）。令人沮丧的信息包括电子烟相对于香烟的健康风险，缺乏吸引力的产品特性（例如成本）和社会劣势（例如使用电子烟的负面社会形象）。总体而言，性别、年龄组或吸烟状况在产生鼓励和劝阻信息主题方面没有差异。这项研究确定了青年产生的主题，这些主题可能有助于青年人预防电子烟。
Rates of e-cigarette use are high among youth, and there is little known about the long-term health effects of e-cigarettes. Since peer influence is a powerful determinant of tobacco use, we aimed to identify message themes about e-cigarettes that youth would use to encourage or discourage peers from using e-cigarettes. We conducted 10 focus groups (N = 69) with non-smokers and smokers from one middle school, high school and college in Connecticut. Participants engaged in a discussion about e-cigarettes, and each participant created one written message to encourage e-cigarette use and one to discourage use among peers. We content-analyzed the messages and identified three main themes and 12 encouraging and discouraging sub-themes. Encouraging themes included health benefits of e-cigarettes relative to cigarettes, attractive product characteristics (e.g. flavors) and social advantages (e.g. positive social image) of using e-cigarettes. Discouraging messages included health risks of e-cigarettes relative to cigarettes, unattractive product characteristics (e.g. cost) and social disadvantages (e.g. negative social image of using an e-cigarette). Overall, there were no differences by sex, age group or smoking status in generation of encouraging and discouraging message themes. This study identified youth-generated themes that may aid in e-cigarette prevention among youth.