Identification and Characterization of Synthetic Nicotine Product Promotion and Sales on Instagram Using Natural Language Processing.
Journal:
Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco
PMID:
37947271
Abstract
INTRODUCTION: There has been a rapid proliferation of synthetic nicotine products in recent years, despite newly established regulatory authority and limited research into its health risks. Previous research has implicated social media platforms as an avenue for nicotine product unregulated sales. Yet, little is known about synthetic nicotine product content on social media. We utilized natural language processing to characterize the sales of synthetic nicotine products on Instagram.