SynthesisHealth communication2023
Do Vaping Prevention Messages Impact Adolescents and Young Adults? A Meta-Analysis of Experimental Studies.
Synthesis in Health communication, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Who cites it
19 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Effectiveness of vaping prevention campaign messages on cognitive and behaviorally proximal outcomes among adolescents and young adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Pooled it
- Health Messaging Strategies for Vaping Prevention and Cessation Among Youth and Young Adults: A Systematic Review.Health communication · 2025Pooled it
- Examining Tobacco-Related Social Media Research in Government Policy Documents: Systematic Review.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2024Pooled it
- Can Extant Vaping Prevention Message Experiments Tell Us Something About What Works? A Response to O'Keefe.Health communication · 2023Pooled it
- Sharing Antivaping Social Media Messages.The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine · 2025Trial
- Understanding Potential Mechanisms of Vaping Prevention Messages: A Mediation Analysis of the Real Cost Campaign Advertisements.Health education & behavior : the official publication of the Society for Public Health Education · 2025Trial
- Disseminating Health Prevention Programs Using AI-Crafted, Culturally Tailored Ads for Somali American Adolescents.Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research · 2026Article
- Characterizing the Objective Features of Vaping Prevention Video Ads: A Content Analysis.American journal of preventive medicine · 2026Article
- Advancing Support for Electronic Cigarette Control Policies in the United States: The Impact of Theory-Based Messaging Strategies.Preventive medicine reports · 2025Article
- Behavioural public policy should take the psychology of poverty into account.Communications psychology · 2025Review
- Contingent Effects of E-Cigarette Warning Label Messages on Cognitive Elaboration and Fear Among U.S. Youth Ages 14-17 by Vaping Experience and Peer Vaping Behavior.Health communication · 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
- Exploring Perceptions of Anti-vaping Message Themes: A Qualitative Study of Australian Adolescents and Adults.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2025Article
- Effective features of e-cigarette prevention videos: A qualitative study with primary school students.Tobacco induced diseases · 2025Article
- Why High Income Fails to Reduce E-Cigarette Use: The Knowledge-Attitude Paradox in the SMOKES Study.Open journal of medical sciences · 2025Article
- The effectiveness of anti-vaping health communication campaigns among high school and college students in the U.S.Frontiers in public health · 2025Review
- Development and Evaluation of Messages to Facilitate Secure Storage and Disposal of Prescribed Opioid Medication.Substance use & addiction journal · 2024Article
- Identifying promising themes and messages for youth vaping prevention: A national study.Social science & medicine (1982) · 2024Article
- Vape Counseling at Pediatric Practices: The Rethink Vape Toolkit.The Journal of continuing education in the health professionsArticle
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Abstract
Vaping prevention messages are widely used to communicate the health harms and addiction risks of vaping and discourage vaping among adolescents and young adults. We conducted a meta-analysis of experimental studies to examine the effects of these messages and to understand their theoretical mechanisms. Systematic, comprehensive searches generated 4,451 references, among which 12 studies (cumulative
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