Public perceptions and discussions of synthetic nicotine on Twitter.

ABSTRACT:

Background

As alternative replacement products for tobacco-derived nicotine, synthetic nicotine products have recently emerged and gained increasing popularity. This study analyzes public perception and discussion of synthetic nicotine products on Twitter (now "X").

Methods

Through Twitter streaming API (Application Programming Interface), we have collected 2,764 Twitter posts related to synthetic nicotine from December 12, 2021, to October 17, 2022, using keywords related to synthetic nicotine. By applying an inductive approach, two research assistants manually determined the relevance of tweets to synthetic nicotine products and assessed the attitude of tweets as positive, negative, and neutral of tweets toward synthetic nicotine, and the main topics.

Results

Among

SUBMITTER: Chen J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11310114 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature