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ArticleJournal of oral and maxillofacial pathology : JOMFP

Influence of legislations and news on Indian internet search query patterns of e-cigarettes.

Rooban Thavarajah, Anusa Arunachalam Mohandoss, Kannan Ranganathan, Srinivas Kondalsamy-Chennakesavan

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Rooban ThavarajahDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, Ragas Dental College and Hospital, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
Anusa Arunachalam MohandossDepartment of Psychiatry, Shree Satya Sai Medical College, Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu, India.
Kannan RanganathanDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, Ragas Dental College and Hospital, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
Srinivas Kondalsamy-ChennakesavanDirector of Research, Rural Clinical School, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland.

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backgroundThere is a paucity of data on the use of electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) in India. In addition, the Indian internet search pattern for ENDS has not been studied. We aimed to address this lacuna. Moreover, the influence of the tobacco legislations and news pieces on such search volume is not known. Given the fact that ENDS could cause oral lesions, these data are pertinent to dentists.

methodsUsing a time series analysis, we examined the effect of tobacco-related legislations and news pieces on total search volume (TSV) from September 1, 2012, to August 31, 2016. TSV data were seasonally adjusted and analyzed using time series modeling. The TSV clocked during the month of legislations and news pieces were analyzed for their influence on search pattern of ENDS.

resultsThe overall mean ± standard deviation (range) TSV was 22273.75 ± 6784.01 (12310-40510) during the study with seasonal variations. Individually, the best model for TSV-legislation and news pieces was autoregressive integrated moving average model, and when influence of legislations and news events were combined, it was the Winter's additive model. In the legislation alone model, the pre-event, event and post-event month TSV was not a better indicator of the effect, barring for post-event month of 2

conclusionsThese findings suggest that search for information on ENDS is increasing and that these tobacco control policies and news items, targeting tobacco usage reduction, have only a short-term effect on the rate of searching for information on ENDS.

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E-cigarettesIndialegislationoral healthtobacco

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