New Tobacco and Tobacco-Related Products: Early Detection of Product Development, Marketing Strategies, and Consumer Interest.

ABSTRACT:

Background

A wide variety of new tobacco and tobacco-related products have emerged on the market in recent years.

Objective

To understand their potential implications for public health and to guide tobacco control efforts, we have used an infoveillance approach to identify new tobacco and tobacco-related products.

Methods

Our search for tobacco(-related) products consists of several tailored search profiles using combinations of keywords such as "e-cigarette" and "new" to extract information from almost 9000 preselected sources such as websites of online shops, tobacco manufacturers, and news sites.

Results

Developments in e-cigarette design characteristics show a trend toward customization by possibilities to adjust temperature and airflow, and by the large va

SUBMITTER: Staal YC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5996176 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature