Adolescents' Understanding of Smoking and Vaping Risk Language: Cognitive Interviews to Inform Scale Development.

Rachel T Kurtzman Rhyan N VereenJennifer Mendel SheldonElizabeth T AdamsMarissa G HallNoel T BrewerNisha C GottfredsonSeth M Noar

Published in: Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (2022)

This study adds to the literature on how adolescents interpret tobacco prevention language. Adolescents may interpret terminology differently than adults, which could lead to ambiguity in meaning and thus measurement error. Through cognitive interviewing, we identified and improved the language in a youth-focused PME measure for tobacco and vaping prevention.

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young adults
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