E-cigarette Social Media Marketing and Its Perceptions by Youth

ConditionVaping
Trial statusNot yet recruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age14-17
SponsorUniversity of Southern California

About this trial

The proposed study will conduct two randomized between-subject experiments among 6,000 adolescents (per each experiment) recruited nationwide to test the effects of audio-visual features of e-cigarette influencer marketing on perceptions of influencer credibility, e-cigarette harm perceptions, appeal, and susceptibility to e-cigarette use. This protocol represent the first experiment.

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

14-17 years of age,

English fluency,

Disqualifiers

14-17 years of age,

English fluency,

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Exposure to Influencer Age and Context Variations in E-Cigarette Marketing

Treatment groups

6,000 Participants
are divided into 12 treatment groups

12

Treatment groups

See each treatment group below.

Sponsors and collaborators

University of Southern California

Lead sponsor

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Collaborator