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ArticleTobacco control2018

Linking the content to demographic reach of online advertising of electronic nicotine delivery systems.

David S Timberlake, Dmitriy Nikitin, Jennifer Garcia-Cano, Samantha Cino, Margarita Savkina, Cornelia Pechmann

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Article in Tobacco control, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

David S TimberlakeProgram in Public Health, University of California, Irvine, California, USA.
Dmitriy NikitinDepartment of Health Policy and Management, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.
Jennifer Garcia-CanoProgram in Public Health, University of California, Irvine, California, USA.
Samantha CinoProgram in Public Health, University of California, Irvine, California, USA.
Margarita SavkinaProgram in Public Health, University of California, Irvine, California, USA.
Cornelia PechmannThe Paul Merage School of Business, University of California, Irvine, California, USA.
University of California, Irvine · USUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · US

Funding

CSUF and UCI-CFCCC Partnership for Cancer Health Disparities Research (1 of 2)P20CA174292 · NCI · CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY FULLERTON · PI TANJASIRI, SORA P · 2012 to 2015
$739k
CSUF and UCI-CFCCC Partnership for Cancer Health Disparities Research (2 of 2)P20CA174188 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-IRVINE · PI HUBBELL, FLOYD ALLAN · 2012 to 2015
$583k
NCI NIH HHS P20 CA174188NCI NIH HHS P20 CA174292
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionRecent studies have separately examined the content and demographic reach of the advertising of electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS). No study to our knowledge has linked the two in investigating whether racial/ethnic groups are differentially exposed to the comparative messages conveyed in online ENDS advertisements.

methods932 unique ENDS advertisements (6311 total), which were posted on 3435 websites between December, 2009 and October, 2015, were categorized as either comparative or non-comparative with respect to the traditional cigarette. The race/ethnicity of website visitors was obtained from a proprietary source and used in constructing variables for racial/ethnic viewership. The variables for advertising content and website racial/ethnic viewership were then linked yielding a final sample of 551 unique ENDS advertisements (2498 total) on 1206 websites. A two-level hierarchical generalized linear model, used in estimating website racial/ethnic viewership as a predictor of comparative advertising, accounted for the nesting of advertisements (level 1) within 152 ENDS brands (level 2).

resultsIn contrast to racial/ethnic minorities, a greater proportion of non-Hispanic whites visited websites with ENDS advertisements than the overall proportion of nonHispanic white U.S. Internet users. Yet, it was the advertisements on websites that appealed to Hispanics that had greater odds of comparing ENDS to traditional cigarettes.

conclusionsThe lower exposure to ENDS advertising among racial/ethnic minorities versus non-Hispanic whites is consistent with survey data. Yet, the greater odds of comparative advertising of ENDS on websites that appeal to racial/ethnic minorities (ie, Hispanics) could impact the longterm health of minority smokers. IMPLICATIONS: This study's findings have important implications for the uptake of ENDS among minority smokers. If the comparative advertising yields greater interest and eventual use of ENDS, then minority smokers could either benefit from smoking cessation because they switch to ENDS, or adopt dual tobacco use. The fate of comparative advertising of ENDS versus the traditional cigarette will depend on the Food and Drug Administration enforcement of its deeming rules and the ensuing changes in the ENDS marketplace.

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AdvertisingElectronic Nicotine Delivery SystemsInternetEthnicityHumansModels, StatisticalRacial GroupsUnited StatesAdvertising and PromotionElectronic nicotine delivery devicesPrevention

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PMID28634162
PMCPMC5764813
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