Electronic Cigarette-Related Contents on Instagram: Observational Study and Exploratory Analysis.
Yankun GaoZidian XieLi SunChenliang XuDongmei LiPublished in: JMIR public health and surveillance (2020)
Instagram is dominated by pro-vaping content, and pro-vaping posts and user accounts seem to have more user engagement than vaping-warning accounts have. These results highlight the importance of regulating e-cigarette posts on social media and the urgency of identifying effective communication content and message delivery methods with the public about the health effects of e-cigarettes to ameliorate the epidemic of vaping in youth.