ArticleTobacco control2024
Tobacco promotion restriction policies on social media.
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78 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
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18 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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Abstract
Tobacco promotion is prolific on social media, with each platform setting their own restrictions on tobacco promotion and sales. We evaluated the policies related to tobacco product promotion and sales on 11 sites that are popular with youth in May 2021: Discord, Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, Reddit, Snapchat, TikTok, Tumblr, Twitch, Twitter and YouTube. Nine of the 11 sites prohibited
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