Underage JUUL Use Patterns: Content Analysis of Reddit Messages.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The popularity of JUUL (an e-cigarette brand) among youth has recently been reported in news media and academic papers, which has raised great public health concerns. Little research has been conducted on the age distribution, geographic distribution, approaches to buying JUUL, and flavor preferences pertaining to underage JUUL users.

Objective

The aim of this study was to analyze social media data related to demographics, methods of access, product characteristics, and use patterns of underage JUUL use.

Methods

We collected publicly available JUUL-related data from Reddit. We extracted and summarized the age, location, and flavor preference of subreddit UnderageJuul users. We also compared common and unique users between subreddit UnderageJuul and subreddi

SUBMITTER: Zhan Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6786857 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature