Factors Associated With Abstinence Among Young Adult Smokers Enrolled in a Real-world Social Media Smoking Cessation Program.

Objective: Social media platforms are promising to provide smoking cessation support. This study aimed to identify baseline factors associated with cigarette smoking abstinence among young adult smokers enrolled in a real-world social media-based smoking cessation program.

Aims And Methods: We analyzed data from young adult smokers (aged 18-30 years) participating in a publicly available Facebook-based smoking cessation program serving the San Francisco Bay Area.

Active Social Media Use and Health Indicators Among Sexual and Gender Minority Adults.

Sexual and gender minority (SGM) individuals may receive social support through active use of social media (i.e., posting and interacting).

Delivering vaping cessation interventions to adolescents and young adults on Instagram: protocol for a randomized controlled trial.

Background: Adolescent and young adult use of electronic nicotine delivery systems ("vaping") has increased rapidly since 2018. There is a dearth of evidence-based vaping cessation interventions for this vulnerable population. Social media use is common among young people, and smoking cessation groups on social media have shown efficacy in the past.

Addressing cigarette smoking cessation treatment challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic with social media.

This commentary reviews barriers to smoking cessation during the COVID-19 pandemic and the potential of social media-based smoking cessation programs. Several published randomized controlled trials are summarized and future directions for designing and evaluating social media-based smoking cessation programs are described.