‘I'm sure within 5 minutes I can find someone that will be selling it’: qualitative insights into how social media facilitates the sale of banned flavoured tobacco products
Despite Massachusetts implementing a comprehensive flavoured tobacco restriction (FTR), young adults report being able to access flavoured tobacco products with ease. Snapchat was the social media platform that participants brought up frequently to find people selling flavoured tobacco products. Preventing the sale of flavoured tobacco products through Snapchat and other social sources will be critical for Massachusetts' FTR to have its intended impact.
Authors
- Elizabeth G. Klein (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6895-4682)
- Megan E. Roberts (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-2145)
- Jeffrey J. Wing (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6999-6019)
- Jill M. Singer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0673-6153)
- Micah L. Berman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0336-1317)
Institutions
- Ohio Department of Health (US)
- The Ohio State University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Tobacco Control
- Published
- 2025-05-07
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1136/tc-2024-058937
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Smoking Behavior and Cessation
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.16
Funders
- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences