Perceived effectiveness of objective elements of vaping prevention messages among adolescents.

Introduction: In recent years, vaping prevention campaigns have proliferated in response to a surge of e-cigarette use among adolescents in the USA. To date, the research literature has provided minimal guidance as to what vaping prevention message elements have the greatest potential for discouraging vaping, are ineffective or have unintended negative effects. The purpose of the current study was to identify and test a large set of vaping prevention ads used by federal, state, local and non-governmental agencies, examining how objectively coded message elements of vaping prevention messages might affect youth.

What's in the message? An analysis of themes and features used in vaping prevention messages.

Introduction: Federal, state, local, and non-government officials have developed and implemented a variety of vaping prevention messages to curtail the vaping epidemic among youth in the US. This study sought to collect a comprehensive set of vaping prevention messages and characterize the themes and features of those messages.

Methods: We used a two-fold search strategy to identify messages, utilizing the existing content database from Vaping Prevention Resource (vapingprevention.

Indications for Keratoplasty at 3 Academic Centers from 2002 to 2012.

Objectives: To determine whether indications for keratoplasty differ between academic centers and the Eye Bank Association of America (EBAA) annual statistics from 2002 to 2012.

Methods: A retrospective review was performed for the indications for keratoplasty from 2002 to 2012 based on surgical specimens originating from three different academic centers. Data were compared with statistical reports obtained from the EBAA for the corresponding years.