Expanding the Click City Tobacco Prevention Program

The goal of this study is to modify a smoking prevention program for 5th and 6th grade students to also target vaping e-cigarettes. Aims were to modify the program along with associated materials and to conduct a trial with 5th grade students in the school setting to see how well the updated program worked. Students either participated in the four-week computer based program or continued with their usual tobacco prevention curriculum.This study showed that students who received the computer program reduced their intentions and willingness to use e-cigarettes or smoke in the future more than did students who used their usual tobacco curriculum.

Inclusion Criteria:A 5th grade student in one of the recruited schoolsStudent speaks English as a first or second languageExclusion Criteria:Special needs students identified by the classroom teacher as a student who would not understand the questionnaire or the programTeacher indicates that they cannot comprehend English.