ArticleTobacco control2015
US consumer interest in non-cigarette tobacco products spikes around the 2009 federal tobacco tax increase.
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- Overview of Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems: A Systematic Review.American journal of preventive medicine · 2017Pooled it
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- The Effect of Electronic-Cigarette Vaping on Cardiac Function and Angiogenesis in Mice.Scientific reports · 2019Article
- Whether to push or pull? Nicotine reduction and non-combusted alternatives - Two strategies for reducing smoking and improving public health.Preventive medicine · 2018Article
- A Policy Perspective on the Global Use of Smokeless Tobacco.Current addiction reports · 2017Review
- News trends and web search query of HIV/AIDS in Hong Kong.PloS one · 2017Article
- Cigarette smoking causes epigenetic changes associated with cardiorenal fibrosis.Physiological genomics · 2016Article
- Revisiting the Rise of Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems Using Search Query Surveillance.American journal of preventive medicine · 2016Article
- Effect of Tobacco Control Policies on Information Seeking for Smoking Cessation in the Netherlands: A Google Trends Study.PloS one · 2016Article
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Abstract
objectivesThis quasi-experimental longitudinal study monitored aggregate Google search queries as a proxy for consumer interest in non-cigarette tobacco products (NTP) around the time of the 2009 US federal tobacco tax increase.
methodsQuery trends for searches mentioning common NTP were downloaded from Google's public archives. The mean relative increase was estimated by comparing the observed with expected query volume for the 16 weeks around the tax.
resultsAfter the tax was announced, queries spiked for chewing tobacco, cigarillos, electronic cigarettes ('e-cigarettes'), roll-your-own (RYO) tobacco, snuff, and snus. E-cigarette queries were 75% (95% CI 70% to 80%) higher than expected 8 weeks before and after the tax, followed by RYO 59% (95% CI 53% to 65%), snus 34% (95% CI 31% to 37%), chewing tobacco 17% (95% CI 15% to 20%), cigarillos 14% (95% CI 11% to 17%), and snuff 13% (95% CI 10% to 14%). Unique queries increasing the most were 'ryo cigarettes' 427% (95% CI 308% to 534%), 'ryo tobacco' 348% (95% CI 300% to 391%), 'best electronic cigarette' 221% (95% CI 185% to 257%), and 'e-cigarette' 205% (95% CI 163% to 245%).
conclusionsThe 2009 tobacco tax increase triggered large increases in consumer interest for some NTP, particularly e-cigarettes and RYO tobacco.
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