E-Cigarette Marketing on Social Networking Sites: Effects on Attitudes, Behavioral Control, Intention to Quit, and Self-Efficacy

This study examined exposure to three types of e-cigarette marketing—sponsored advertisements, brand pages, and user-created groups—on social networking sites and their influence on health-related outcomes.
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  • E-cigarette users who were in user-created groups had significantly more negative health-related outcomes than those who saw advertisements or followed brand pages.
  • Exposure to three types of e-cigarette marketing had a significant additive effect on health-related outcomes, compared with exposure to two or fewer types.
  • Social identification, attention to social comparison, and e-cigarette subjective norms moderated between...

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