Co-designing a lifestyle, stop-vaping intervention for ex-smoking, adult vapers (CLOVER study)
Lead Research Organisation:
Sheffield Hallam University
Department Name: College of Health, Wellbeing & Life Sci
Abstract
Recent scientific evidence suggest that e-cigarettes are an effective means of supporting people who
wish to stop smoking, and there are currently over 3 million e-cigarette users (also known as vapers) in
the U.K. However, the negative media attention, the contradicting policies on vaping that create
confusion to the public, and concerns about the lack of their regulation and longer-term effects have all
created anxiety and worry among vapers. This has led to an all-increasing interest between them, to find
support to stop-vaping. Nevertheless, no such official framework or service exist. Therefore, a new
intervention needs to be developed and implemented.
We propose a co-design development study aiming to develop a stop-vaping lifestyle intervention. This
will be divided into two Work Packages (WPs). Eligible participants in South Yorkshire will be at least 18
years old, exclusive vapers and former smokers and wishing to attempt to stop-vaping. We will
exclude pregnant and dual users (i.e., those both vaping and smoking).
In WP1, we will be identifying what can be changed, discussing in telephone inverviews with
approximately 20 vapers to identify potential intervention barriers and facilitators.
In WP2, we will be co-designing the intervention. We will carry out an analysis and form an expert panel
to identify intervention components followed by a focus group with vapers to assess acceptability. More
specifically, we will determine how could we address the barriers and encourage the driving forces to
participation, which will have been identified in WP1 (e.g., education, persuasion). We will then hold a
workshop with experts (e.g., smoking cessation, behavioural science, intervention design) and members
of our supporting panel of vapers to review the suitability of a number of the behaviour change
techniques and to gain a thorough understanding of the problem and the "real world" context
constraints and consider how the intervention is best-delivered. Then we will conduct a focus group,
with walkthroughs of draft intervention materials, with vapers to consider if the intervention
components that we are proposing are acceptable to them.
We have experience of drafting such materials to sufficient standard that they are suitable for user
assessment (e.g., booklets, videos, website, text messages, app).
At the end of the study, we would have developed a stop-vaping intervention, the feasibility of which
we would then test among vapers in at least two areas in the U.K.
wish to stop smoking, and there are currently over 3 million e-cigarette users (also known as vapers) in
the U.K. However, the negative media attention, the contradicting policies on vaping that create
confusion to the public, and concerns about the lack of their regulation and longer-term effects have all
created anxiety and worry among vapers. This has led to an all-increasing interest between them, to find
support to stop-vaping. Nevertheless, no such official framework or service exist. Therefore, a new
intervention needs to be developed and implemented.
We propose a co-design development study aiming to develop a stop-vaping lifestyle intervention. This
will be divided into two Work Packages (WPs). Eligible participants in South Yorkshire will be at least 18
years old, exclusive vapers and former smokers and wishing to attempt to stop-vaping. We will
exclude pregnant and dual users (i.e., those both vaping and smoking).
In WP1, we will be identifying what can be changed, discussing in telephone inverviews with
approximately 20 vapers to identify potential intervention barriers and facilitators.
In WP2, we will be co-designing the intervention. We will carry out an analysis and form an expert panel
to identify intervention components followed by a focus group with vapers to assess acceptability. More
specifically, we will determine how could we address the barriers and encourage the driving forces to
participation, which will have been identified in WP1 (e.g., education, persuasion). We will then hold a
workshop with experts (e.g., smoking cessation, behavioural science, intervention design) and members
of our supporting panel of vapers to review the suitability of a number of the behaviour change
techniques and to gain a thorough understanding of the problem and the "real world" context
constraints and consider how the intervention is best-delivered. Then we will conduct a focus group,
with walkthroughs of draft intervention materials, with vapers to consider if the intervention
components that we are proposing are acceptable to them.
We have experience of drafting such materials to sufficient standard that they are suitable for user
assessment (e.g., booklets, videos, website, text messages, app).
At the end of the study, we would have developed a stop-vaping intervention, the feasibility of which
we would then test among vapers in at least two areas in the U.K.
