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Abstract：
BACKGROUND: Youth vaping is a serious public health concern, being more prevalent than any other tobacco use. To inform cessation interventions, we explored what adolescents perceive as their reasons for quitting and strategies to help them quit.
METHODS: Semi-structured interviews were conducted with a convenience sample of 11 adolescents reporting vaping in the past 90 days and recruited from a high school in Massachusetts. Interviews were transcribed and dual-coded. Inductive thematic analysis was employed, and thematic summaries were prepared.
RESULTS: Reasons adolescents reported for quitting included cost, experiencing \"nic-sick\" from nicotine withdrawal or excess intake, negative impacts on mood, concentration, or health, and experiencing symptoms of nicotine dependence. Nearly all tried to quit multiple times. Barriers to quitting included exposure to vaping, access to vape products, stress, and \"cool\" new products or flavors. Quit strategies included avoiding others vaping, seeking social support to quit, addressing peer pressure to continue vaping, learning successful quit strategies from peers, and using distraction strategies or alternatives to vaping.
CONCLUSIONS: Many adolescents who vape want to quit, and most have tried multiple times. Interventions need to engage adolescents with varying reasons to quit, barriers, and quit strategy preferences.
BACKGROUND: This study is registered through ClinicalTrials.gov. The trial registration number is NCT05140915. The trial registration date is 11/18/2021.
METHODS: Semi-structured interviews were conducted with a convenience sample of 11 adolescents reporting vaping in the past 90 days and recruited from a high school in Massachusetts. Interviews were transcribed and dual-coded. Inductive thematic analysis was employed, and thematic summaries were prepared.
RESULTS: Reasons adolescents reported for quitting included cost, experiencing \"nic-sick\" from nicotine withdrawal or excess intake, negative impacts on mood, concentration, or health, and experiencing symptoms of nicotine dependence. Nearly all tried to quit multiple times. Barriers to quitting included exposure to vaping, access to vape products, stress, and \"cool\" new products or flavors. Quit strategies included avoiding others vaping, seeking social support to quit, addressing peer pressure to continue vaping, learning successful quit strategies from peers, and using distraction strategies or alternatives to vaping.
CONCLUSIONS: Many adolescents who vape want to quit, and most have tried multiple times. Interventions need to engage adolescents with varying reasons to quit, barriers, and quit strategy preferences.
BACKGROUND: This study is registered through ClinicalTrials.gov. The trial registration number is NCT05140915. The trial registration date is 11/18/2021.
摘要：
背景：青少年吸烟是一个严重的公共卫生问题，比任何其他烟草使用都更普遍。告知戒烟干预措施，我们探讨了青少年认为戒烟的原因以及帮助他们戒烟的策略。
方法：半结构化访谈是对11名在过去90天内报告电子烟的青少年进行的便利样本，并从马萨诸塞州的一所高中招募。访谈被转录和双重编码。采用归纳主题分析，并编写了专题摘要。
结果：青少年报告戒烟的原因包括成本，经历尼古丁戒断或过量摄入的“nic-sick”，对情绪的负面影响，浓度,或健康，并出现尼古丁依赖的症状。几乎所有人都试图多次退出。戒烟的障碍包括暴露于vaping，获取vape产品，压力，和“酷”的新产品或口味。退出策略包括避免别人vaping，寻求社会支持退出，解决同伴继续吸电子烟的压力，从同龄人那里学习成功的戒烟策略，并使用分散注意力的策略或替代vaping。
结论：许多想戒烟的青少年，大多数人都尝试过多次。干预措施需要让青少年有不同的戒烟理由，障碍,并退出策略偏好。
背景：本研究通过ClinicalTrials.gov注册。试验注册号为NCT05140915。试用注册日期为2021年11月18日。
方法：半结构化访谈是对11名在过去90天内报告电子烟的青少年进行的便利样本，并从马萨诸塞州的一所高中招募。访谈被转录和双重编码。采用归纳主题分析，并编写了专题摘要。
结果：青少年报告戒烟的原因包括成本，经历尼古丁戒断或过量摄入的“nic-sick”，对情绪的负面影响，浓度,或健康，并出现尼古丁依赖的症状。几乎所有人都试图多次退出。戒烟的障碍包括暴露于vaping，获取vape产品，压力，和“酷”的新产品或口味。退出策略包括避免别人vaping，寻求社会支持退出，解决同伴继续吸电子烟的压力，从同龄人那里学习成功的戒烟策略，并使用分散注意力的策略或替代vaping。
结论：许多想戒烟的青少年，大多数人都尝试过多次。干预措施需要让青少年有不同的戒烟理由，障碍,并退出策略偏好。
背景：本研究通过ClinicalTrials.gov注册。试验注册号为NCT05140915。试用注册日期为2021年11月18日。
