Smoking cessation message testing to inform app-based interventions for young adults – an online experiment
Distraction and acceptance messages received similar ratings among young adults who smoke cigarettes. Message revisions may be needed to increase appeal to women, SGM, those with lower education, and those less motivated to quit. Messages will be refined and used in an ongoing micro-randomized trial to investigate their real-time impact on smoking urges and behaviors.
Authors
- Carl A. Latkin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7931-2116)
- Joseph J C Waring (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2948-151X)
- Roger Vilardaga (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7252-4343)
- Felix Naughton (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9790-2796)
- Meghan Bridgid Moran (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6745-6668)
- Timothy Regan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9886-8809)
- Janardan Devkota (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-6734-777X)
- Jing Han (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0396-8140)
- Amanda Luken (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8100-2176)
- Jonathan B. Bricker (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5694-8795)
- Johannes Thrul (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8929-9579)
- Josef Hamoud
Institutions
- University of East Anglia (GB)
- Johns Hopkins University (US)
- Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (US)
- University of Washington (US)
- Fred Hutch Cancer Center (US)
- Universitätsmedizin Göttingen (DE)
- Wake Forest University (US)
- Seattle University (US)
- University of Göttingen (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Public Health
- Published
- 2025-05-20
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-025-22995-8
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Smoking Behavior and Cessation
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.33
Funders
- U.S. Department of Defense
- Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
- National Institute on Drug Abuse
- National Cancer Institute