Understanding Vape Marketing Study

Launched by BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL · Aug 11, 2025

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ClinConnect Summary

This research comprises of 2 qualitative activities:

1. Working group: The study team will purposively invite a convenience sample of expert members (including middle/high school students, young adults, an educator, a parent, and curriculum design experts) to convene multiple times over several weeks (3 meetings via videoconference). The working group will convene to view preliminary results from formative research, collaborate on the development of this lesson curriculum, and otherwise offer meaningful input on study materials.
2. Focus groups: A convenience sample of adolescents/young ad...

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Eligibility criteria

• • WORKING GROUP MEMBERS
• • \*Inclusion criteria
• Youth participants:
• • Middle school students may be 13-15 years
• • High schoolers may be 16-18 years
• • Young adults may be 19-29 years
• • Provide a phone number for at least one backup contact (e.g, parent/guardian)
• Curriculum design experts:
• • • Experience of at least 1 year in tobacco prevention or relevant public health field
• Parent:
• • • Parent of a child who has e-cigarette use history or is currently using (preferred, but not essential)
• Educator:
• • Currently employed as teacher at a middle/high school All participants
• • Provide their cell phone number and email address
• • Fluent in English
• • \*Exclusion criteria
• • Express inability to participate consistently across study working group meetings.
• • FOCUS GROUP PARTICIPANTS
• • \*Inclusion criteria
• • Adolescents and young adults ages 13-21 years
• • Fluent in English
• • Provide their cell phone number and email address
• • Provide a phone number for at least one backup contact