Jon-Patrick Allem
Biographic Data
| ID | 4975970 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jon-Patrick Allem |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jon-Patrick |
| FAMILY NAME | Allem |
| SIGNATURE | ALLEM J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Southern California |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9135-8689 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 34 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 15 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 34 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Evaluating policy compliance among leading tobacco brands on Instagram
Leading tobacco brands on Instagram often violated platform and federal policies, particularly those concerning age verification, sponsorship disclosure and health warning labelling. Stronger enforcement by Instagram, the FTC and the FDA may be needed to reduce youth exposure to tobacco marketing on social media
Recall of Netflix Scripted Content Known to Contain E-Cigarette-Related Imagery is Associated with Susceptibility to Use E-Cigarettes Among Young Adults
Introduction Netflix pledged to avoid depictions of e-cigarette use in scripted series and movies rated TV-14 or below. However, this policy did not extend to young adults, many of whom are below the legal tobacco purchasing age. This study examined the association between recall of Netflix scripted series and movies previously identified to contain e-cigarette imagery and susceptibility to use e-cigarettes among never users.Materials and Methods…
Identifying Topics Around Nicotine Gum: A Machine Learning Approach with Twitter Data
Background Nicotine gum products from brands like Lucy and Rogue are relatively new arrivals to the tobacco marketplace. While studies of correlates of nicotine gum use are in their nascent stage, data from social media can be used to stay abreast of user experiences with novel tobacco products. This study leveraged machine learning to identify topics of Twitter posts about nicotine gum from the year 2022.Methods Twitter data was collected using …
Nicotine pouch brands: The new route of auto racing sponsorships worldwide
Impact of Instagram and TikTok influencer marketing on perceptions of e-cigarettes and perceptions of influencers in young adults: A randomised survey-based experiment
NCT06433466
Marketing ZYN: Examining branded and unbranded content
Funding without transparency? Tobacco company support of Black-owned businesses in the USA
Social Media and Adolescent Health
Monitoring the Official YouTube Channels of E-Cigarette Companies: A Thematic Analysis
Background E-cigarette companies use YouTube to foster brand awareness, market their products, and interact with current and future tobacco users. However, research on the official YouTube channels of e-cigarette companies is limited. This study determined the themes of, and degree of user engagement with, videos posted to the official channels of e-cigarette companies on YouTube. Methods Data were collected from the official YouTube channels of …
Describing Memes Referencing Vaping: Thematic Analysis
Background: Memes, images or videos with text overlay that embody a concept or belief about the contemporary society, are endemic to Internet culture, are popular among youth and diffuse rapidly across social media platforms. E-cigarettes and vaping have grown in popularity in the era of Internet culture however there is little research describing the intersection of memes and vaping. This is an important gap in the literature as memes may be par…
A thematic analysis of Puff Bar-related content on TikTok
Background: Puff Bar has rapidly captured a large proportion of the disposable e-cigarette market. To stay abreast of the rapidly changing e-cigarette-product landscape, researchers have turned to social media platforms to monitor e-cigarette-related discussions and marketing trends. TikTok is the latest social media platform to capture the attention of adolescents and young adults; however, e-cigarette-related research using TikTok is limited. O…
Monitoring website marketing among leading e-cigarette brands and vendors in California: Content analysis
Findings from this study can be used to inform statewide regulations of promotional communications found on e-cigarette companies' websites and encourage enforcement of age-verification procedures. This may help reduce susceptibility to use, or continued use of, e-cigarette products among price-sensitive populations, such as adolescents and young adults
Association Between Exposure to Tobacco Content on Social Media and Tobacco Use: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
Importance: Exposure to tobacco-related content on social media may foster positive attitudes toward tobacco products and brands, and influence the likelihood of initiating or continuing use of tobacco, especially among adolescents and young adults. Objective: To perform the first systematic review and meta-analysis, to our knowledge, on studies that examined the association between exposure to tobacco content on social media and lifetime tobacco…
Exposure to E-Cigarette Product Placement in Music Videos Is Associated With Vaping Among Young Adults
Background The prevalence of electronic-cigarette (e-cigarette) product placement in music videos is on the rise and currently unregulated. This promotional activity is concerning given the popularity of music videos among young adults. Aims We examined associations between self-reported levels of exposure to music videos with any e-cigarette product placement or imagery and susceptibility to use e-cigarettes and e-cigarette use. Method A represe…
Twitter Posts About Cannabis Use During Pregnancy and Postpartum: A Content Analysis
Background The prevalence of cannabis use has increased among U.S. pregnant women. Given this increase, and rapidly changing cannabis policies, it may be important to harness digital data sources to help capture trends and perceptions of cannabis use during pregnancy and postpartum. The objective of this study was to examine cannabis and pregnancy-related posts on Twitter over a 12-month period. Methods: Twitter posts from December 1, 2019 to Dec…
Vaping and Covid-19: Insights for Public Health and Clinical Care from Twitter
This study describes key topics of discussions on Twitter at the intersection of vaping and COVID-19 and documents public reactions to announcements from authoritative health agencies. Twitter posts containing vaping and COVID-19-related terms were collected from 1 December 2019 to 3 May 2020 ( n = 23,103 posts). Text classifiers and unsupervised machine learning were used to identify topics in posts. Predominant topics included COVID-19 Respirat…
Categorizing Iqos-Related Twitter Discussions
(1) Background: The heated tobacco product IQOS, by Philip Morris International, is now available in over 55 countries, including the United States. Social media sites such as Twitter are often used to promote or discuss tobacco products, though prior research has not examined how IQOS is presented on Twitter. (2) Methods: This study collected and categorized Twitter conversations involving IQOS. A manual content analysis was performed on N = 391…
E-cigarette use and promotion by social media influencers during videogame play on Twitch
E-cigarette consumption among adolescents around the world, including the USA, is a public health concern.1–3 Exposure to social influencer content and other promotional strategies has been associated with increased risk of e-cigarette use among adolescents and young adults.4–7 One factor contributing to the uptake of e-cigarette use among adolescents is the industry’s overt and covert promotional strategies, including the use of influencers, tha…
New products that facilitate stealth vaping: The case of SLEAV
Stealth vaping (ie, the use of devices resembling everyday products to facilitate inconspicuous vaping) has proliferated in the face of smoke-free air laws that include electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes).1–3 To this end, companies are modifying smartwatches, video games, toys and apparel to help conceal vaping when it is prohibited. For example, Vaprwear Gear’s backpacks and hoodies use a silicone tube designed to connect to an e-cigarette thro…
Cannabis Surveillance With Twitter Data: Emerging Topics and Social Bots
Objectives. To use publicly accessible data from people who post to Twitter to rapidly capture and describe the public’s recent experiences with cannabis. Methods. We obtained Twitter posts containing cannabis-related terms from May 1, 2018, to December 31, 2018. We used methods to distinguish between posts from social bots and nonbots. We used text classifiers to identify topics in posts (n = 60 861). Results. Prevalent topics of posts included …
Characterizing #Backwoods on Instagram: The Number One Selling All Natural Cigar
We sought to assess the proportion of Backwoods (Imperial Tobacco Group Brands LLC) cigar-related posts to Instagram that may contain misleading claims, nature-evoking imagery, and appealing flavors. Inclusion criteria for this study included an Instagram post with the hashtag "#backwoods" from 30 August to 12 September 2018. Rules were established to content analyze (n = 1206) posts. Categories included misleading packaging (i.e., the post conta…
Where Do People Vape? Insights from Twitter Data
Background : Emerging evidence suggests that exposure to secondhand and thirdhand aerosol from electronic cigarettes may have serious health risks including respiratory and cardiovascular diseases. Social media data can help identify common locations referenced in vaping-related discussions and offer clues about where individuals vape. These insights can strengthen current tobacco regulations and prioritize new policies to improve public health. …
Characterising KandyPens-related posts to Instagram: Implications for nicotine and cannabis use
KandyPens markets its products as aromatherapy devices; however, Instagram posts related to these products rarely mentioned their purported purpose. Future research should consider product design, user experience and the co-use of nicotine and cannabis with KandyPens to assess implications related to product appeal and abuse liability
E-cigarettes Are Being Marketed as “Vitamin Delivery” Devices
Return of cartoon to market e-cigarette-related products
Findings indicate that e-cigarette companies are using cartoons to market their products and many of these companies' logos are cartoons. Empirical data are needed to determine whether cartoon marketing strategies impact perceived risk and benefits, product appeal, the intention to use and actual use of e-cigarettes
Evaluation of a telenovela designed to improve knowledge and behavioral intentions among Hispanic patients with end-stage renal disease in Southern California
Being well informed about ESRD and adopting proactive health behaviors are important mechanisms in improving transplantation outcomes. These findings suggest that knowledge about kidney disease, postoperative care, and proactive health practices could be improved by viewing a telenovela. Implications, limitations, and directions for future research are discussed
Could Social Bots Pose a Threat to Public Health
AffiliationsJon-Patrick Allem is with the Department of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles. Emilio Ferrara is with the Information Sciences Institute, University of Southern California, Marina del Rey
E-cigarettes Are Being Marketed as “Vitamin Delivery” Devices
Cultural values associated with substance use among Hispanic emerging adults in Southern California
Cultural and Social Influences on Adolescent Smoking Dissipate by Emerging Adulthood Among Hispanics in Southern California
Tobacco Attitudes and Behaviors of Vape Shop Retailers in Los Angeles
This is the first study to investigate tobacco-related behaviors and attitudes of vape shop retailers located in Los Angeles. Educating vape shop retailers on the benefits and harms of e-cigarettes is important, especially if retailers are to be informed about a product that is only now being considered to receive regulation from the FDA
The Relationship Between the Accumulated Number of Role Transitions and Hard Drug Use among Hispanic Emerging Adults
Emerging adults (ages 18 to 25) who experience multiple role transitions in a short period of time may engage in hard drug use as a maladaptive coping strategy to avoid negative emotions from stress. Given the collectivistic values Hispanics encounter growing up, they may experience additional role transitions due to their group-oriented cultural paradigm. This study examined whether those who experience many role transitions are at greater risk …
Evaluation of a telenovela designed to improve knowledge and behavioral intentions among Hispanic patients with end-stage renal disease in Southern California
Being well informed about ESRD and adopting proactive health behaviors are important mechanisms in improving transplantation outcomes. These findings suggest that knowledge about kidney disease, postoperative care, and proactive health practices could be improved by viewing a telenovela. Implications, limitations, and directions for future research are discussed
Campaigns and counter campaigns: Reactions on Twitter to e-cigarette education
Findings showed the time dynamics of Twitter and the possibility for real-time monitoring of education campaigns
Vaping on Instagram: Cloud chasing, hand checks and product placement
Instagram affords its users the ability to post images of e-cigarette-related behaviours and gives advertisers the opportunity to display their product. Future research should incorporate novel data streams to improve public health surveillance, survey development and educational campaigns
Electronic cigarette retailers use Pokémon Go to market products
Recently, we witnessed a new marketing strategy in which vape shops and online e-cigarette retailers have harnessed the popularity of the interactive smartphone game Pokemon Go to promote vaping products. This approach combines the strengths of recent and traditional strategies thought to be effective in promoting tobacco use to adolescents and young adults: (1) cartoons;1 tobacco product placement in video games2 ,3 and (2) interactive promotion…
Cultural values associated with substance use among Hispanic emerging adults in Southern California
Return of cartoon to market e-cigarette-related products
Findings indicate that e-cigarette companies are using cartoons to market their products and many of these companies' logos are cartoons. Empirical data are needed to determine whether cartoon marketing strategies impact perceived risk and benefits, product appeal, the intention to use and actual use of e-cigarettes
Could Social Bots Pose a Threat to Public Health
AffiliationsJon-Patrick Allem is with the Department of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles. Emilio Ferrara is with the Information Sciences Institute, University of Southern California, Marina del Rey
Where Do People Vape? Insights from Twitter Data
Background : Emerging evidence suggests that exposure to secondhand and thirdhand aerosol from electronic cigarettes may have serious health risks including respiratory and cardiovascular diseases. Social media data can help identify common locations referenced in vaping-related discussions and offer clues about where individuals vape. These insights can strengthen current tobacco regulations and prioritize new policies to improve public health. …
Characterising KandyPens-related posts to Instagram: Implications for nicotine and cannabis use
KandyPens markets its products as aromatherapy devices; however, Instagram posts related to these products rarely mentioned their purported purpose. Future research should consider product design, user experience and the co-use of nicotine and cannabis with KandyPens to assess implications related to product appeal and abuse liability
E-cigarettes Are Being Marketed as “Vitamin Delivery” Devices
Cannabis Surveillance With Twitter Data: Emerging Topics and Social Bots
Objectives. To use publicly accessible data from people who post to Twitter to rapidly capture and describe the public’s recent experiences with cannabis. Methods. We obtained Twitter posts containing cannabis-related terms from May 1, 2018, to December 31, 2018. We used methods to distinguish between posts from social bots and nonbots. We used text classifiers to identify topics in posts (n = 60 861). Results. Prevalent topics of posts included …
Characterizing #Backwoods on Instagram: The Number One Selling All Natural Cigar
We sought to assess the proportion of Backwoods (Imperial Tobacco Group Brands LLC) cigar-related posts to Instagram that may contain misleading claims, nature-evoking imagery, and appealing flavors. Inclusion criteria for this study included an Instagram post with the hashtag "#backwoods" from 30 August to 12 September 2018. Rules were established to content analyze (n = 1206) posts. Categories included misleading packaging (i.e., the post conta…
Twitter Posts About Cannabis Use During Pregnancy and Postpartum: A Content Analysis
Background The prevalence of cannabis use has increased among U.S. pregnant women. Given this increase, and rapidly changing cannabis policies, it may be important to harness digital data sources to help capture trends and perceptions of cannabis use during pregnancy and postpartum. The objective of this study was to examine cannabis and pregnancy-related posts on Twitter over a 12-month period. Methods: Twitter posts from December 1, 2019 to Dec…
Vaping and Covid-19: Insights for Public Health and Clinical Care from Twitter
This study describes key topics of discussions on Twitter at the intersection of vaping and COVID-19 and documents public reactions to announcements from authoritative health agencies. Twitter posts containing vaping and COVID-19-related terms were collected from 1 December 2019 to 3 May 2020 ( n = 23,103 posts). Text classifiers and unsupervised machine learning were used to identify topics in posts. Predominant topics included COVID-19 Respirat…
Categorizing Iqos-Related Twitter Discussions
(1) Background: The heated tobacco product IQOS, by Philip Morris International, is now available in over 55 countries, including the United States. Social media sites such as Twitter are often used to promote or discuss tobacco products, though prior research has not examined how IQOS is presented on Twitter. (2) Methods: This study collected and categorized Twitter conversations involving IQOS. A manual content analysis was performed on N = 391…
E-cigarette use and promotion by social media influencers during videogame play on Twitch
E-cigarette consumption among adolescents around the world, including the USA, is a public health concern.1–3 Exposure to social influencer content and other promotional strategies has been associated with increased risk of e-cigarette use among adolescents and young adults.4–7 One factor contributing to the uptake of e-cigarette use among adolescents is the industry’s overt and covert promotional strategies, including the use of influencers, tha…
New products that facilitate stealth vaping: The case of SLEAV
Stealth vaping (ie, the use of devices resembling everyday products to facilitate inconspicuous vaping) has proliferated in the face of smoke-free air laws that include electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes).1–3 To this end, companies are modifying smartwatches, video games, toys and apparel to help conceal vaping when it is prohibited. For example, Vaprwear Gear’s backpacks and hoodies use a silicone tube designed to connect to an e-cigarette thro…
Association Between Exposure to Tobacco Content on Social Media and Tobacco Use: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
Importance: Exposure to tobacco-related content on social media may foster positive attitudes toward tobacco products and brands, and influence the likelihood of initiating or continuing use of tobacco, especially among adolescents and young adults. Objective: To perform the first systematic review and meta-analysis, to our knowledge, on studies that examined the association between exposure to tobacco content on social media and lifetime tobacco…
Exposure to E-Cigarette Product Placement in Music Videos Is Associated With Vaping Among Young Adults
Background The prevalence of electronic-cigarette (e-cigarette) product placement in music videos is on the rise and currently unregulated. This promotional activity is concerning given the popularity of music videos among young adults. Aims We examined associations between self-reported levels of exposure to music videos with any e-cigarette product placement or imagery and susceptibility to use e-cigarettes and e-cigarette use. Method A represe…
Monitoring the Official YouTube Channels of E-Cigarette Companies: A Thematic Analysis
Background E-cigarette companies use YouTube to foster brand awareness, market their products, and interact with current and future tobacco users. However, research on the official YouTube channels of e-cigarette companies is limited. This study determined the themes of, and degree of user engagement with, videos posted to the official channels of e-cigarette companies on YouTube. Methods Data were collected from the official YouTube channels of …
Describing Memes Referencing Vaping: Thematic Analysis
Background: Memes, images or videos with text overlay that embody a concept or belief about the contemporary society, are endemic to Internet culture, are popular among youth and diffuse rapidly across social media platforms. E-cigarettes and vaping have grown in popularity in the era of Internet culture however there is little research describing the intersection of memes and vaping. This is an important gap in the literature as memes may be par…
A thematic analysis of Puff Bar-related content on TikTok
Background: Puff Bar has rapidly captured a large proportion of the disposable e-cigarette market. To stay abreast of the rapidly changing e-cigarette-product landscape, researchers have turned to social media platforms to monitor e-cigarette-related discussions and marketing trends. TikTok is the latest social media platform to capture the attention of adolescents and young adults; however, e-cigarette-related research using TikTok is limited. O…
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