Campus Smoking Policies and Smoking-Related Twitter Posts Originating From California Public Universities: Retrospective Study.
Joshua S YangRaphael E CuomoVidya PurushothamanMatthew C NaliNeal ShahCortni BardierNick ObradovichTimothy K MackeyPublished in: JMIR formative research (2021)
Our study introduces preliminary data suggesting that campus smoke- and tobacco-free policies are associated with a reduction in positive sentiment toward smoking. However, continued expressions and intentions to smoke and reports of one's own smoking among Twitter users suggest a need for more research to better understand the dynamics between implementation of smoke- and tobacco-free policies and resulting tobacco behavioral sentiment.