Thursday, September 17, 2020

Tweets show vapers rarely use e-cigarettes to quit smoking or improve health

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-09/uouh-tsv091720.php

News Release 17-Sep-2020
University of Utah Health

The vast majority of Twitter users who vape with JUUL e-cigarettes are not using the devices to stop smoking or to improve their health, according to a research team led by University of Utah Health scientists. The researchers say this finding, which challenges JUUL's stated mission of improving smokers' lives, could help hone anti-smoking and vaping efforts targeted at Twitter users, particularly underage teens.

Based on their manual analysis of more than 4,000 tweets, the scientists concluded that only 1% of Twitter users mentioned JUUL as a smoking cessation method and scarcely 7% referred to any potential health benefits of using the vaping devices.

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