{"id":49,"date":"2024-12-09T09:12:48","date_gmt":"2024-12-09T14:12:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cbsr\/?page_id=49"},"modified":"2025-01-22T15:35:41","modified_gmt":"2025-01-22T20:35:41","slug":"vapechat","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cbsr\/ongoing-research\/vapechat\/","title":{"rendered":"VapeChat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/cbsr\/files\/2025\/01\/VR-Teen-Vaping-Logo-for-Website-636x262.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"636\" height=\"262\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-301\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cbsr\/files\/2025\/01\/VR-Teen-Vaping-Logo-for-Website-636x262.jpg 636w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cbsr\/files\/2025\/01\/VR-Teen-Vaping-Logo-for-Website-768x316.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cbsr\/files\/2025\/01\/VR-Teen-Vaping-Logo-for-Website.jpg 882w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 636px) 100vw, 636px\" \/><br \/>\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">The aim of this project was to develop and test a Virtual Reality (VR) intervention for the prevention and cessation of vaping among teenagers in high schools.\u00a0 The randomized trial was conducted in two high schools in the Boston area. The VR intervention was co-developed and co-designed with teens, using mixed methods including focus groups, interviews, and playtesting.\u00a0\u00a0 This project was funded by the American Heart Association (B. Borrelli, PI), and part of a larger center grant (N. Hamburg, PI)\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Weinstein, D., Jones, E., Endrighi, R., Hart, J., Walker, K., <\/span>Borrelli, B.<span data-contrast=\"auto\">, &amp; Quintiliani, L. (2024). <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">&#8220;I knew the effects the whole time.\u201d <\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Examination of facilitators and barriers to quit vaping among adolescents. <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Addictive Behaviors, 157<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, 108087<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. <\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">doi: 10.1016\/j.addbeh.2024.108087. PMID: 38870591.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Jones, E. J, Endrighi, R., Weinstein, D., Jankowski, A. J., Quintiliani, L. M., &amp; <\/span>Borrelli, B<span data-contrast=\"auto\">.\u00a0 (2023). Methods used to quit vaping among adolescents and associations with perceived risk, addiction, and socio-economic status. <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Addictive Behaviors, 147<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, 107835<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. <\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.addbeh.2023.107835.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:240,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Contact us:<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:vapechat@bu.edu\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">vapechat@bu.edu<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">(617) 358-6307<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The aim of this project was to develop and test a Virtual Reality (VR) intervention for the prevention and cessation of vaping among teenagers in high schools.\u00a0 The randomized trial was conducted in two high schools in the Boston area. The VR intervention was co-developed and co-designed with teens, using mixed methods including focus groups, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23945,"featured_media":0,"parent":26,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cbsr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/49"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cbsr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cbsr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cbsr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23945"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cbsr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cbsr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/49\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":373,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cbsr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/49\/revisions\/373"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cbsr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/26"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cbsr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}