E-cigarette and cannabis social media posts and adolescent substance use
JAMA Network Open
2025-06-24
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About The Study: In this survey study of California adolescents, exposure to e-cigarette or cannabis posts was associated with adolescent e-cigarette, cannabis, or dual use. Improvement of social media community guidelines and greater policy attention to co-use and marketing of e-cigarettes and cannabis may help prevent youth substance use.
Corresponding Author: To contact the corresponding author, Julia Vassey, PhD, email vassey@usc.edu.
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(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.17611)
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