Tobacco & Substance Use
Despite decades of knowing that substance abuse is bad for one’s health, many people are still engaged in this behavior. Annenberg faculty and students seek to understand why people use tobacco or other substances in order to develop better messaging that might encourage them to stop.
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News
New Research Uncovers How Synthetic Nicotine Brands Market E-Cigarettes to Young People on Social Media
A study with Annenberg Postdoctoral Fellow Jiaxi Wu found that most ads for e-cigarettes on Instagram, a platform dominated by users under the age of 25, do not adhere to FDA health warning requirements.
