An examination of electronic cigarette content on social media: Analysis of e-cigarette flavor content on reddit

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 14933-14952

  Wang, Lei ^a   Zhan, Yongcheng ^b   Li, Qiudan ^c   Zeng, Daniel D ^b,c   Leischow, Scott J ^d   Okamoto, Janet ^d  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF AUTOMATION   (China)

^d MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

E cigarette flavor; E juice; E liquid; Reddit; Social media

Indexed keywords

INTERNET; MASS MEDIA; WORLD WIDE WEB;

ARTICLE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CONSUMER ATTITUDE; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA MINING; DECISION MAKING; ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE; FLAVOR; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; SOCIAL MEDIA;

FRAGARIA X ANANASSA;

EID: 84947807465     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph121114933     Document Type: Article

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