Tobacco industry narratives of e-cigarette use in the UK: a qualitative framing analysis.

ABSTRACT: Public health actors have expressed concerns over the entry of the tobacco industry into the UK e-cigarette market. It is important to be aware of the tobacco industry's involvement and stated aims for e-cigarettes in the UK, given their historical attempts to divert attention from and escape responsibility for the harms caused by combustible cigarettes. The use of e-cigarettes amongst young people in the UK has remained constant, despite the law prohibiting sales to adolescents and claims by manufacturers and others that they are designed solely as a tool to quit smoking. This study sought to examine how tobacco-related organizations in the UK e-cigarette market frame the use of e-cigarettes. Publicly available materials between September 2015 and June 2023 were collected from four transn

SUBMITTER: Harrison E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11579614 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature