ArticleCurrent addiction reports2018
Media/Marketing Influences on Adolescent and Young Adult Substance Abuse.
Article in Current addiction reports, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 54 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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54 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 111 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Social media use and health risk behaviours in young people: systematic review and meta-analysis.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2023Pooled it
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- Proximal Exposure to THC Vape Ads Is Associated With Event-Level Vaping Among Young Adults.Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs · 2026Article
- A longitudinal mediated examination of legal, commercial, and individual determinants of cannabis and derived cannabis use behaviors and consequences among US young adults.Addictive behaviors · 2026Article
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- Taking stock of youth substance use portrayals: A critical content analysis of Canadian news media, 2016-2024.Social science & medicine (1982) · 2025Article
- The Necessity of Regulating Drinking Scenes on Social Media Platforms Focusing on YouTube Sulbang Videos: Public Opinion From Surveys and YouTube Content Analysis.JMIR formative research · 2025Article
- Smoking cessation message testing to inform app-based interventions for young adults - an online experiment.BMC public health · 2025Article
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- Cannabis Access by Retailer Type in New York.Pediatrics · 2025Article
- Enhancing Text Message Support With Media Literacy and Financial Incentives for Vaping Cessation in Young Adults: Protocol for a Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR research protocols · 2025Article
- Mobile phone ownership, social media use, and substance use at ages 11-13 in the ABCD study.Addictive behaviors · 2025Article
- Prospective association between screen use modalities and substance use experimentation in early adolescents.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2025Article
- Nicotine Pouch Use and Adolescents' and Children's Grades in School, National Youth Tobacco Survey 2022-23.Substance use & misuse · 2025Article
- Sex-stratified analysis of marketing exposure and current e-cigarette use among Saudi adolescents.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Analysing media portrayals of people with substance use disorder and addiction: A scoping review.Cultures of science · 2024Article
- Assessing the reach and engagement of three anti-vaping messages on Facebook Targeting Australian Youth: a protocol for a randomised trial.BMC public health · 2024Article
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Abstract
purpose of reviewWe describe the state of research on substance use portrayals in marketing and media, considering exposure to tobacco, alcohol, e-cigarette, and marijuana content. Putative mechanisms are offered, and recommendations made for effective prevention strategies for mitigating the influence of these portrayals. RECENT
findingsThere is consistent evidence that adolescents and young adults are highly exposed to substance use portrayals and that these portrayals are associated with subsequent substance use. Exposure via new media (social networking sites, brand websites) has risen rapidly. Social norms and cognitions appear to at least partially account for the effects of portrayals on youth substance use. SUMMARY: Digital media has surpassed traditional marketing, which is concerning because youth have on-demand access to content and are active consumers of digital media. Developmentally appropriate media literacy interventions that include a parenting component and target multiple substances and media domains are recommended.
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