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Effective strategies to prevent e\u2010cigarette uptake are required. Text\u2010message programmes represent a potentially effective and cost\u2010effective approach, that is also minimally invasive, but acceptability amongst adolescents and their parents is unclear. This study aims to explore adolescent and parental acceptability of a text\u2010message programme designed to prevent adolescent e\u2010cigarette use.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>Adolescents (12\u201315\u2009years) and their parents were recruited as part of a larger factorial randomised controlled trial (RCT). Participants allocated to the intervention conditions received a series of 12 text\u2010messages addressing topics such as knowledge of harms, social norms, and refusal skills. 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