Analyzing Twitter Chatter About Tobacco Use Within Intoxication-related Contexts of Alcohol Use: "Can Someone Tell Me Why Nicotine is So Fire When You're Drunk?"

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Alcohol and tobacco are commonly used together. Social influences within online social networking platforms contribute to youth and young adult substance use behaviors. This study used a sample of alcohol- and tobacco-related tweets to evaluate: (1) sentiment toward co-use of alcohol and tobacco, (2) increased susceptibility to tobacco use when consuming alcohol, and (3) the role of alcohol in contributing to a failed attempt to quit tobacco use.

Methods

Data were collected from the Twitter API from January 1, 2019 through December 31, 2019 using tobacco-related keywords (e.g., vape, ecig, smoking, juul*) and alcohol-related filters (e.g., drunk, blackout*). A total of 78,235 tweets were collected, from which a random subsample (n = 1,564) was drawn for coding.

SUBMITTER: Russell AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9278832 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature