Brie Noffsinger, “Mood Differences among Young Adults in Rural Areas in E-Cigarette Cessation Intervention”
Mentor: Joshua Gwon, Nursing
Poster #135

With the growing popularity of e-cigarettes, understanding the dynamic interplay between mood fluctuations and e-cigarette use recovery is crucial for developing effective interventions. The objective was to describe mood differences between participants who achieved e-cigarette use abstention and did not at 1-month follow up post intervention. We used descriptive statistics using frequencies and percent to examine mood differences among the participants in the randomized control trial for text-messaging e-cigarette cessation targeting rural young adults. Participants were randomly assigned to either an active treatment (intervention) group or standard care (control) group. Participants in the active treatment group received our automated text messages we developed based on theories and preliminary studies, encouraging cessation over an 8-week period. During the trial participants in both groups received messages asking their mood with answer options including good, ok, and bad. We compared their answers between the group who achieved abstention and the group who did not in the week this was asked. More participants in the group who did not achieve abstention reported a “good” mood than the group who achieved abstention. Mood of the participants who did not achieve abstention was comparably bad than those who did achieved abstention during the trial. This negative mood may have stemmed from nicotine withdrawal during cessation. One limitation of this study is the small sample size for analysis. Future research needs to consider these mood patterns during the e-cigarette cessation trials.