Table 2.
Details of identified e-cigarette cessation programs for adolescents, organized by most recently created
| Program | Affiliation | Type of program | Duration of program exposure | Component of program dedicated to e-cigarettes | Original date created (not when e-cigarette component added) | Intended audience | Fully sccessible online | Price | Date of last update of Program | Theories explicitly stated | Who delivers program | Empirically evaluated for e-cigarette component |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| My Life, My Quit | National Jewish Health | Texting/quitline support | 5 1:1 coaching sessions ~ every 7–10 days | Entire program | 2019 | Youth | Yes | Free | 2020 | No | Counselor (one-on-one) | No |
| This is Quitting | Truth Initiative | Texting intervention | N/A | Entire program | 2019 | Youth | Yes | Free | 2019 | No | Text messages | Yes*1 |
| Healthy Futures/Tobacco Prevention Toolkit | Stanford School of Medicine/ Department of Pediatrics | Alternative-to- suspension | 1-, 2- and 4-h sessions | Incorporates e-cigarette use along with tobacco use in general | 2019 | Middle and High School | Yes | Free | 2020 | Positive Youth Development | Educator | No |
| Not on Tobacco (N-O-T) | American Lung Association | School-based education | 10, 50-min sessions | Incorporates e-cigarette use along with tobacco use in general | 1999 | Ages 14–19 | No | Free | 2020 | Social Cognitive Theory | Educator | No |
| Project Alert (Adolescent Learning Experiences Resistance Training) | RAND Corporation | School-based education | 1 session on e-cigarettes/tobacco | One session addressing tobacco and e-cigarette cessation | 1995 | Grades 7 and 8 | Yes | Free | 2018 | Theory-informed, but exact theories used not stated | Educator and peer | No |
| Smokefree.gov/SmokefreeTXT for teens | National Cancer Institute (NIH) | Cessation tools such as texting, app, counselors, info sheets | N/A | Some tools specific to e-cigarettes | N/A | Ages 13–19 | Yes | Free | 2020 | No | Counselors and online resources | No |
| INDEPTH | American Lung Association | Alternative-to- suspension | 4, 50-min sessions | Incorporates e-cigarette use along with tobacco use in general | N/A | Youth | No | Free | 2019 | No | Educator | Yes2 |
| 1-800-QUIT NOW/State-Level quitlines | Centers for Disease Control (CDC) | Quitline | N/A | Incorporates e-cigarette use along with tobacco use in general | N/A | All ages | Yes | Free | 2020 | Theories of behavior change | Counselor (one-on-one) | No |
*Yes (engagement and commitment to quit); impact evaluation on reducing e-cigarette use ongoing
1Graham AL, Jacobs MA, Amato MS, Graham A. Engagement and 3-Month Outcomes From a Digital E-Cigarette Cessation Program in a Cohort of 27, 000 Teens and Young Adults. Nicotine Tob Res. 2020;2020 [5]:859–860. doi:10.1093/ntr/ntz097
2American Lung Association. INDEPTH Pilot Evaluation Overview