Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco
May 22, 2025
INTRODUCTION: Tobacco companies use social media to bypass marketing restrictions. Studies show that exposure to tobacco promotion on social media influences subsequent smoking behavior, yet it is challenging to monitor such content. We developed an ...
Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco
Apr 22, 2024
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 a...
Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco
Feb 15, 2024
INTRODUCTION: Instagram is a popular social networking platform for sharing photos with a large proportion of youth and young adult users. We aim to identify key features in anti-vaping Instagram image posts associated with high social media user eng...
Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco
Mar 16, 2020
AIMS: Most cigarette smokers want to quit smoking and more than half make an attempt every year, but less than 10% remain abstinent for at least 6 months. Evidence-based tobacco use treatment improves the likelihood of quitting, but more than two-thi...
Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco
Jan 4, 2019
INTRODUCTION: Machine learning algorithms such as elastic net regression and backward selection provide a unique and powerful approach to model building given a set of psychosocial predictors of smoking lapse measured repeatedly via ecological moment...