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Concurrent Mentions of Vaping and Alcohol on Twitter: Latent Dirichlet Allocation Modeling of Tweets Mentioning Vaping and Alcohol Use

Traci Hong
Traci Hong
Published on November 20, 2024
Topics:
  • Health Communication
  • Social Media

Co-use of alcohol and e-cigarettes (often called vaping) has been linked with long-term health outcomes, including increased risk for substance use disorder. Co-use may have been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Social networking sites may offer insights into current perspectives on polysubstance use.

Publication: Journal of Medical Internet Research

Co-Authors: Lynsie Ranker (SPH), Jessica Fetterman (MED), Jennifer C. Ross (SPH), Rose Marie Robertson (American Heart Association), Aruni Bhatnagar (University of Louisville), Derry Wijaya (Monash University), Ziming Xuan (SPH), David Assefa Tofu (Boston University), Manyuan Lu (Boston University), Jiaxi Wu (Boston University)

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