Vaping discussion in the COVID-19 pandemic: An observational study using Twitter data.

ABSTRACT:

Background

With the spread of COVID-19, significant concerns have been raised about the potential increased risk for electronic cigarette (e-cigarette) users for COVID-19 infection and related syndromes. Social media is an increasingly popular source for health information dissemination and discussion, and can affect health outcomes.

Objective

This study aims to identify the topics in the public vaping discussion in COVID-19-related Twitter posts in order to get insight into public vaping-related perceptions, attitudes and concerns, and to discern possible misinformation and misconceptions around vaping in the COVID-19 pandemic.

Methods

Using the tweets ID database maintained by Georgia State University's Panacea Lab, we downloaded the tweets related to COVID-19 from

SUBMITTER: Lyu JC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8654216 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature