Characterization of Electronic Cigarette Warning Statements Portrayed in YouTube Videos.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

In 2018, the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) required that electronic cigarette (e-cigarette) manufacturers, packagers, importers, distributors, and retailers display an addictive or alternate warning statement on e-cigarette visual advertisements. Few studies have investigated the FDA-mandated and other warnings on social media. This study examined the prevalence and content of warning statements in e-cigarette-related YouTube videos.

Methods

In 2019, The Virginia Commonwealth University Center for the Study of Tobacco Products conducted bi-monthly (February-June) YouTube searches by relevance and view count to identify e-cigarette-related videos. Overall, 178 videos met the inclusion criteria. Staff coded each video for the presence of a visua

SUBMITTER: Jones DM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8360626 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature