Youth

According to a Cochrane systematic review of all research studies available from peer-reviewed journals, there are two treatments that appear to help people quit vaping:

• Text message support may help more young people (13 to 24 years of age) stop vaping than no/minimal support.
• Varenicline may also help people quit vaping. In fact, in one study published in JAMA, half of people who took varenicline quit vaping.
• There was not enough information to say whether other interventions could help people stop vaping.

You can get:

• Free text support. Visit ExProgram.com. Or, in Wisconsin, just text “VAPEFREE” to 873373.
• A prescription for varenicline from your doctor. For more on varenicline, click here.

Evidence on What Works

Want a deep dive into research?

• Guidelines: UW-CTRI contributes to new guidelines to treat adolescent vaping
  • Check out the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Recommendations on helping youth quit tobacco use, or that of the American College of Preventive Medicine
  • New: American Academy of Pediatrics’ (AAP) Youth Tobacco Cessation: Considerations for Clinicians. This brief, free, practical guide is designed to support pediatric health clinicians in screening patients for tobacco use and providing behavioral and pharmacological support to help youth quit.
    • The resource uses an easy, 3-step model, “Ask-Counsel-Treat (ACT),” to guide clinical interactions around cessation.
    • AAP Youth Tobacco Cessation Case Studies
  • Talk to teens about tobacco use
  • Posters by teens for teens
  • Visit UW-CTRI’s page on vaping.
  • Youth Indoor and Outdoor Exposure to Secondhand Smoke and Secondhand Aerosol