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18.2 Advertising and promotion of e-cigarettes
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Relevant news and research: Advertising and promotion of e-cigarettes

Alemu, S. M., Mons, U., Schaller, K., Baltaci, E. and Hoe, C. (2025). Spatial distribution of e-cigarette vending machines: a case study from Germany. Tob Control. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/41015524


Gaiha, S. M. and Stamoulis, C. (2025). Online e-Cigarette Retailers' Use of Price Incentives and Product Features to Attract Adolescent and Young Adult Purchases: Cross-Sectional Choice-Based Study. J Med Internet Res, e75128. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/41021854


Hoffman, B., Tripathi, A., Shensa, A., Dou, J. P., Narendorf, P., Hundi, N. and Sidani, J. (2025). Response to the Netflix Docuseries "Big Vape: The Rise and Fall of JUUL": Mixed Methods Analysis of YouTube Comments Using Qualitative Coding and Topic Modeling. JMIR Form Res, e76737. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40971587


Li, C. X., Wang, P. C., Feliu, A., Laverty, A. A., Martinez, C., Vardavas, C. I. and Filippidis, F. T. (2025). Advertising exposure and the appeal of emerging nicotine-containing products among people who have never used nicotine: findings from the Eurobarometer 2023. Tob Control. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40957677


Meng, S., Capria, K., Stafford, M. R., Yang, C., Padon, A. A., Jackson, K. and Chen-Sankey, J. (2025). Cannabis vape product advertising exposure is associated with cannabis vape product use and frequency among U.S. Young adults. Addict Behav, 108475. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40907176


STOP (2025). Notebooks to nicotine: How big tobacco targets kids near schools across the Eastern Mediterranean. . Available from: https://exposetobacco.org/campaigns/notebooks-to-nicotine/


Wakefield, T., Bialous, S., Ling, P. and Apollonio, D. E. (2025). Efforts to secure nicotine and cannabis product placements in popular media by Ploom, Pax, and Juul: an analysis of tobacco industry documents. Nicotine Tob Res. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40899689


Xie, Z., Liber, A. C., Goniewicz, M. L., O'Connor, R. and Li, D. (2025). Digital footprints of the US e-cigarette market: correlations among retail sales data, social media activity and Google search trends. Tob Control. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40973497


Aagesen, K., Moretti, A. and Demant, J. (2025). Social media nicotine markets: Criminogenic affordances and market displacements. Int J Drug Policy, 104943. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40812152


Alshahrani, N. Z., Alarifi, A. M., Algethami, M. R., Aljunaid, M. A., Shukri, A. K. and Alzain, M. A. (2025). Sex-stratified analysis of marketing exposure and current e-cigarette use among Saudi adolescents. Front Public Health, 1649537. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40832023


Derrick, W., Jackson, H., Nugent, K. and Yang, S. (2025). An Analysis of Social Media and Electronic Cigarette Use by Middle and High School Students Surveyed by the National Youth Tobacco Survey in 2023. J Prim Care Community Health, 2.1513E+16. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40767425


Hardie, L., Freeman, B., Watts, C. and McCool, J. (2025). Vape brands bypass regulations on marketing to young people by using global social media accounts. The Conversation,  ,  . Available from: https://theconversation.com/vape-brands-bypass-regulations-on-marketing-to-young-people-by-using-global-social-media-accounts-262691


Hardie, L., Watts, C., Freeman, B. and McCool, J. (2025). An analysis of social media strategies used to promote the e-cigarette brand Vuse. Health Promot Int, 4. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40795924


Kong, G., Ouellette, R. R., de la Noval, A., Kyriakos, C. N., Ponte, V. and DeVito, E. E. (2025). Electronic cigarettes and pregnancy: A social media content analysis. Prev Med, 108387. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40816348


Lu, F. (2025). Congruent or Conflicted? The Effects of Prevalence and Valence Cues in Online Comments on Perceived Descriptive Norms Regarding e-Cigarette Use. Health Commun, 11-Jan. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40851534


Zheng, X., Yang, M., Li, W. and Lin, H. C. (2025). Meme Exposure on Social Media Associated with More Positive E-Cigarette Perceptions and Greater Usage Among Youth. J Health Commun, 12-Jan. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40778991


Ji, T., Liu, Z., Su, Z., Xia, X., Liu, Y., Xie, Y., Huang, Z., Zhou, X., Wang, M., Cheng, A., Song, Q., Shi, Y., Shi, S., Ailifeire, A., He, J., Gao, Y., Zhao, L., Wu, L., Xiao, D. and Wang, C. (2025). E-Cigarette Narratives of User-Generated Posts on Xiaohongshu in China: Content Analysis. J Med Internet Res, e71173. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40609075


McCurdy, L. Y., Na, P. J. and Potenza, M. N. (2025). A Narrative Review of Nicotine and Alcohol Addiction Recovery Content on TikTok. J Korean Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry, 3, 135-143. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40631649


Hardie, L., Cochran, C., Freeman, B. and McCool, J. P. (2025). How vape companies use greenwashing to bypass New Zealand's festival sponsorship bans. Tob Control. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40550627


Sah, R. and Mathur, A. (2025). Comment on "Fake smoke, real fire: a retrospective single-center analysis of the underestimated risk of e-cigarette explosions and the typical burn patterns". Wien Klin Wochenschr. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40514536


Vassey, J., Cho, J., Vogel, E. A., Iyer, T., Chen-Sankey, J. and Unger, J. B. (2025). E-Cigarette and Cannabis Social Media Posts and Adolescent Substance Use. JAMA Netw Open, 6, e2517611. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40553470


Ahn, S., Ma, S. and Shang, C. (2025). Where Do E-cigarette Users Buy Their E-cigarette Products? Results from a Nationally Representative Sample of Adult E-cigarette Users in the United States. Nicotine Tob Res. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40401538


Pasch, K. E., Thomas, J. E. and Harrell, M. B. (2025). Tobacco retail outlet marketing exposure and growth of e-cigarette and cigarette use over adolescence and early young adulthood. Tob Control. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40393722


Robichaud, M. O., Schroth, K. R. J., Steinberg, M. B. and Delnevo, C. D. (2025). Unauthorised therapeutic claims on e-cigarette and nicotine pouch company websites in the USA. Tob Control. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40368581


Sun, X., Wang, Y. and Laestadius, L. (2025). Association between perceived changes in electronic cigarette retailer density and regulation support among adolescents in China. Tob Control. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40425292


Hameed, A. and Malik, D. (2025). Bridging the Gap in Smoking Cessation: Unveiling Tobacco Harm Reduction in Pakistan Through Print Media Content Analysis. Biomed Res Int, 3822509. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40177294


Hanewinkel, R., Neumann, C. and Morgenstern, M. (2025). Depictions of tobacco and e-cigarettes in popular US, French and German music videos. Tob Control. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40250998


Zajdel, K., Merecz-Sadowska, A., Sadowski, A. and Kaleta, D. (2025). Multi-channel marketing exposure and psychoactive substance use in e-cigarettes: a cross-sectional study of Polish adolescents and young adults. Int J Occup Med Environ Health, 2, 190-206. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40247720


Kennedy, C. J., Gajjar, B., Chang, H. H., Unger, J. B. and Vassey, J. (2025). Demographic trends in e-cigarette social media marketing: perceiving gender presentation and facial age via computer vision. Nicotine Tob Res. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40052551


McGlinchy, B., Smith, M., Gurtner, M., D'Souza, A., Hoek, J. and Signal, L. (2025). Clearing the haze: novel methodology objectively assessing children's online exposure to tobacco and vape marketing. Health Promot Int, 2. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40037911


Vassey, J., Chang, H. H., Valente, T. and Unger, J. B. (2025). Worldwide connections of influencers who promote e-cigarettes on Instagram and TikTok: a social network analysis. Comput Human Behav. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40115242


Ackary, S. J., Cabrera, P., Santiago, A. J. A. and Amul, G. G. H. (2025). Examining the flavor descriptors of e-cigarettes, heated tobacco products, and nicotine pouches in the Philippines: Regulatory challenges and opportunities. PLOS Glob Public Health, 2, e0004248. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/39946399


Aldukhail, S. (2025). Relationship between e-cigarette media content and product use: A scoping review. Tob Induc Dis. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40018080


Ganz, O., Gonsalves, N., Talbot, E. M., Donaldson, S. I., Jeong, M. and Allem, J. P. (2025). Social Media Use and Exposure to E-Cigarette Content: A Comparison of Lesbian or Gay, Bisexual, and Questioning and Heterosexual Male and Female Young Adults in California. Nicotine Tob Res. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/39968703


Kucukali, H. (2024). Don't Even Smoke But I'll Buy That Twitch as a New Venue for E-Cigarette Promotion. Int J Public Health, 1607881. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/39935514


Lee, J., Murthy, D., Ouellette, R., Anand, T. and Kong, G. (2025). Identification and Classification of Images in e-Cigarette-Related Content on TikTok: Unsupervised Machine Learning Image Clustering Approach. Subst Use Misuse, 5, 677-683. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40019898


Mejorado, T., Ellis, S., Harati, R. M., Satybaldiyeva, N., Benitez, G., Austin, E. A. C. and Leas, E. C. (2025). Online retailer noncompliance to e-cigarette excise tax and tobacco licensing laws. Tob Control. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40015969


Pearson, G. D. H., Davidson, D. L., Schillo, B. A. and Kreslake, J. M. (2025). Investigating an e-cigarette brand's use of music festivals for social media campaigns and experiential marketing. Tob Prev Cessat. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/39902146


Robichaud, M. O., Talbot, E. M., Ganz, O., Mercincavage, M., Erythropel, H. C., Zimmerman, J. B., Jabba, S. V., Jordt, S. E. and Delnevo, C. D. (2025). Marketing for Sensa: a 'zero nicotine vapor product' from a major tobacco company. Tob Control. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/39956632


Rodu, B. (2024). The many dangers of e-cigarette misinformation. Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/39890471


Vassey, J., Vogel, E. A., Unger, J. B., Cho, J., Bae, D., Donaldson, S. I. and Allem, J. P. (2025). Impact of Instagram and TikTok influencer marketing on perceptions of e-cigarettes and perceptions of influencers in young adults: a randomised survey-based experiment. Tob Control. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/39947698


Zhang, Z., Xu, H., Pan, J., Song, F. and Chen, T. (2025). Spatiotemporal Characteristics and Influential Factors of Electronic Cigarette Web-Based Attention in Mainland China: Time Series Observational Study. J Med Internet Res, e66446. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/39928402


Ball, C., Watkins, S. L., Fahrion, A., Morales, M., McDonald, A., Vogel, E. A. and Kim, M. (2024). Do all bisexuals have this power?: An exploratory study of "crippling nicotine addiction," identity, and other emergent themes in vaping messages on QueerTok. SSM Qual Res Health. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/39867468


Han, E., Lempert, L. K., Vescia, F. and Halpern-Felsher, B. (2024). Concerns Over Vuse e-Cigarette Digital Marketing and Implications for Public Health Regulation: Content Analysis. JMIR Form Res, e54661. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/39760165


Harlow, A. F., Thompson, L. K., Eckel, S. P., Leventhal, A. M., Haley, D. F., Roberts, M. E., Cockburn, M. G. and Barrington-Trimis, J. L. (2025). Prospective association of tobacco retailer density and neighbourhood walkability with youth vaping initiation in California, USA. Tob Control. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/39779327


Liu, A., Dorsey, K., Granger, A., Bryant, T. R., Tseng, T. S., Celestin, M., Jr. and Yu, Q. (2024). Investigating Risk Factors for Racial Disparity in E-Cigarette Use with PATH Study. Stats (Basel), 3, 613-626. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/39850507


Elmitwalli, S., Mehegan, J., Gallagher, A. and Alebshehy, R. (2024). Enhancing sentiment and intent analysis in public health via fine-tuned Large Language Models on tobacco and e-cigarette-related tweets. Front Big Data, 1501154. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/39669437


Hanewinkel, R. and Hansen, J. (2024). Exposure to e-cigarette use in influencer videos and its association with e-cigarette use among adolescents in Germany. Tob Control. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/39628209


Jeong, M., Ganz, O., Talbot, E. M., LaVake, M., Wackowski, O. A., Barnwell, P. V., Donaldson, S. I. and Delnevo, C. D. (2024). Monitoring youth-appealing advertising on social media for the e-cigarette brand Lost Mary. Tob Prev Cessat. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/39619699


Ma, S., Ahn, S., Kaareen, A., Yang, Q., Qiu, Z., Chen, J., Berman, M., Wagener, T. and Shang, C. (2024). Features of disposable e-cigarettes and their association with pricing and consumer preference: Evidence from web data of US online stores. Addiction. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/39711153


Riggs, G. and Church, T. D. (2024). Beyond Juul: The New Face of Underage Nicotine Addiction - A Survey of College Students. Ther Innov Regul Sci. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/39733206


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