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ArticleTobacco prevention & cessation2024

Monitoring youth-appealing advertising on social media for the e-cigarette brand Lost Mary.

Michelle Jeong, Ollie Ganz, Eugene M Talbot, Melanie LaVake, Olivia A Wackowski, Patrick V Barnwell, Scott I Donaldson, Cristine D Delnevo

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Article in Tobacco prevention & cessation, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

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3 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Michelle JeongRutgers Institute for Nicotine and Tobacco Studies, Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, United States.
Ollie GanzRutgers Institute for Nicotine and Tobacco Studies, Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, United States.
Eugene M TalbotRutgers Institute for Nicotine and Tobacco Studies, Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, United States.
Melanie LaVakeRutgers Institute for Nicotine and Tobacco Studies, Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, United States.
Olivia A WackowskiRutgers Institute for Nicotine and Tobacco Studies, Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, United States.
Patrick V BarnwellRutgers Institute for Nicotine and Tobacco Studies, Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, United States.
Scott I DonaldsonRutgers Institute for Nicotine and Tobacco Studies, Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, United States.
Cristine D DelnevoRutgers Institute for Nicotine and Tobacco Studies, Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, United States.

Funding

Tobacco Industry Marketing CoreU54CA229973 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI STRASSER, ANDREW A · 2018 to 2022
$18.8M
Rutgers Center of Excellence in Rapid Surveillance of TobaccoU01CA278695 · NCI · RUTGERS BIOMEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES · PI CRISTINE D DELNEVO, Ollie Ganz · 2023 to 2026
$14.0M
The Impact of E-cigarette Marketing Features on Youths' E-cigarette Perceptions and Use IntentionsK01CA242591 · NCI · RUTGERS BIOMEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES · PI JEONG, MICHELLE · 2019 to 2023
$964k
NCI NIH HHS K01 CA242591NCI NIH HHS U01 CA278695NCI NIH HHS U54 CA229973
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Lost Mary is a popular e-cigarette brand among youth in the United States. This study aimed to analyze Lost Mary's branded social media activity and assess whether marketing efforts may have contributed to its youth appeal. We conducted a content analysis of 53 Lost Mary posts published on social media platforms from 2022 to 2023. More than a third of the posts included flavor descriptors, including fruit or ice, both popular flavors among youth. More than two-thirds of the posts used vibrant colors, and any human models included appeared to be young adults. Findings suggest that Lost Mary may target youth on social media platforms through the use of youth-appealing advertisement strategies (e.g. flavors). These findings highlight the need for increased monitoring of e-cigarette brand marketing on social media.

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advertisinge-cigarettesLost Marysocial mediayouth appeal

Identifiers

PMID39619699
PMCPMC11605624

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