The underbelly of E-cigarette advertising: regulating online markets on social media platforms.
Harm Reduct J
; 21(1): 105, 2024 05 29.
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em En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-38811969
ABSTRACT
Australia prohibits the sale of nicotine-vaping products unless prescribed by medical practitioners. Significant policy reforms were announced on the 28th of November 2023 including a ban on single-use disposable vapes with and without nicotine, and the removal of the personal importation scheme. Despite stringent regulations, loopholes exist such that e-cigarette vendors are getting around it, and online markets provide a route to do so. We discuss strategies used by vendors to covertly market e-cigarettes online through social media. In this perspective, we highlight three proposed policies to strengthen social media regulations that may be feasible to implement. Our proposed strategies to regulate e-cigarette product listings on social media involve implementing robust age verification measures, enhancing the system for flagging and reporting prohibited content, and developing a more effective system to identify and flag content related to e-cigarettes.
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Publicidade
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Mídias Sociais
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Sistemas Eletrônicos de Liberação de Nicotina
Limite:
Humans
País/Região como assunto:
Oceania
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Harm Reduct J
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Harm reduct. j
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Harm reduction journal
Ano de publicação:
2024
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Austrália