E-Cigarette Marketing on Social Media: A Scoping Review.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose of review

Given the rapidly evolving nature of e-cigarette marketing on social media, an up-to-date review of e-cigarette marketing on social media is needed. This study aims to identify recent (published between 2017 and 2021) e-cigarette promotional strategies and promotional themes on social media to inform tobacco regulatory policies on e-cigarette marketing.

Recent findings

Out of the 29 studies that had examined e-cigarette marketing on social media, the common promotional strategies were price promotion (N = 13; 44.8%), featuring flavors (N = 13; 44.8%), featuring product characteristics (N = 10; 34.5%), using youth-appealing themes (N = 8; 27.6%), celebrity/influencer marketing (N = 5; 17.2%), building pro-vape communities a

SUBMITTER: Lee J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12459632 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature