ArticleJournal of medical Internet research2018
Misleading Claims About Tobacco Products in YouTube Videos: Experimental Effects of Misinformation on Unhealthy Attitudes.
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- Knowing Well, Being Well: well-being born of understanding: The Urgent Need for Coordinated and Comprehensive Efforts to Combat Misinformation.American journal of health promotion : AJHP · 2022Article
- Misinformation: susceptibility, spread, and interventions to immunize the public.Nature medicine · 2022Review
- #NicotineAddictionCheck: Puff Bar Culture, Addiction Apathy, and Promotion of E-Cigarettes on TikTok.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- An Exploration of e-Cigarette-Related Search Items on YouTube: Network Analysis.Journal of medical Internet research · 2022Article
- Twitter discourse on nicotine as potential prophylactic or therapeutic for COVID-19.The International journal on drug policy · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundRecent content analyses of YouTube postings reveal a proliferation of user generated videos with misleading statements about the health consequences of various types of nontraditional tobacco use (eg, electronic cigarettes; e-cigarettes).
objectiveThis research was aimed at obtaining evidence about the potential effects of YouTube postings about tobacco products on viewers' attitudes toward these products.
methodsA sample of young adults recruited online (N=350) viewed one of four highly viewed YouTube videos containing misleading health statements about chewing tobacco, e-cigarettes, hookahs, and pipe smoking, as well as a control YouTube video unrelated to tobacco products.
resultsThe videos about e-cigarettes and hookahs led to more positive attitudes toward the featured products than did control videos. However, these effects did not fully translate into attitudes toward combustive cigarette smoking, although the pipe video led to more positive attitudes toward combustive smoking than did the chewing and the hookah videos, and the e-cigarette video led to more positive attitudes toward combustive cigarette smoking than did the chewing video.
conclusionsThis research revealed young people's reactions to misleading claims about tobacco products featured in popular YouTube videos. Policy implications are discussed.
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