Estimated Ages of JUUL Twitter Followers

JAMA Pediatr. 2019 Jul 1;173(7):690-692. doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2019.0922.

Authors

Annice E Kim¹, Robert Chew², Michael Wenger², Margaret Cress¹, Thomas Bukowski¹, Matthew Farrelly¹, Elizabeth Hair^{3

4}

Affiliations

¹ Center for Health Policy Science and Tobacco Research, RTI International, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina.
² Center for Data Science, RTI International, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina.
³ Schroeder Institute at Truth Initiative, Washington, DC.
⁴ Department of Health, Behavior and Society, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland.

Abstract

This social media analysis used a prediction model to estimate the ages of followers of @JUULvapor on Twitter.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Adult
Age Distribution
Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems / statistics & numerical data*
Female
Humans
Male
Public Health*
Retrospective Studies
Social Media*
Vaping / trends*
Young Adult