ArticleJMIR formative research2022
Preferences for Mobile-Supported e-Cigarette Cessation Interventions Among Young Adults: Qualitative Descriptive Study.
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- Assessing the Quality and Behavior Change Potential of Vaping Cessation Apps: Systematic Search and Assessment.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2024Pooled it
- Exploring Vaping Cessation App Use Among Youth: Qualitative Descriptive Study.Journal of medical Internet research · 2026Article
- Exploration of Digital Interventions for Vaping Cessation: Scoping Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Article
- User Perceptions of E-Cigarette Cessation Apps: Content Analysis of App Reviews.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Article
- Youth Tobacco Control in the Digital Age: Impact of South Carolina's Youth Tobacco Education and Vaping Cessation Social Media Programs.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Article
- Youth and Young Adults' Perspectives on Augmented Reality-Driven Vaping Cessation Interventions: Interpretive Description Study.JMIR XR and spatial computing · 2025Article
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Abstract
backgroundDespite the steady rise in electronic cigarette (e-cigarette) uptake among young adults, increasingly more young people want to quit. Given the popularity of smartphones among young adults, mobile-based e-cigarette cessation interventions hold significant promise. Smartphone apps are particularly promising due to their varied and complex capabilities to engage end users. However, evidence around young adults' preferences and expectations from an e-cigarette cessation smartphone app remains unexplored.
objectiveThe purpose of this study was to take an initial step toward understanding young adults' preferences and perceptions on app-based e-cigarette cessation interventions.
methodsUsing a qualitative descriptive approach, we interviewed 12 young adults who used e-cigarettes and wanted to quit. We inductively derived themes using the framework analysis approach and NVivo 12 qualitative data analysis software.
resultsAll participants agreed that a smartphone app for supporting cessation was desirable. In addition, we found 4 key themes related to their preferences for app components: (1) flexible personalization (being able to enter and modify goals); (2) e-cigarette behavior tracking (progress and benefits of quitting); (3) safely managed social support (moderated and anonymous); and (4) positively framed notifications (encouraging and motivational messages). Some gender-based differences indicate that women were more likely to use e-cigarettes to cope with stress, preferred more aesthetic tailoring in the app, and were less likely to quit cold turkey compared with men.
conclusionsThe findings provide direction for the development and testing of app-based e-cigarette cessation interventions for young adults.
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