Social Media Mentions of Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems (ENDS) Battery-Related Overheating, Fires, and Explosions
Findings from a Pilot Study
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15512552 |
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| Authors | Sarah Trigger (0000-0001-9982-4349, Office of Science, corresponding author), Blair Coleman (0000-0003-2419-683X, Office of Science) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue | 8 |
| Pages | 1308-1308 |
| Publication date | 2019-04-12 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1661-7827 • E-ISSN: 1660-4601 |
| Publisher | Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH) |
| DOI | 10.3390/ijerph16081308 |
| PMID | 31013680 |
| OpenAlex | W2937422343 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 8 |
Serious injuries may result from electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) battery malfunctions, including overheating, fires, and explosions (O/F/E). This pilot study assessed the usefulness of social media monitoring as a tool for gathering information surrounding ENDS battery O/F/E, including changes in the volume and nature of social media mentions over time. Brandwatch, a social media monitoring tool, was queried to examine ENDS battery-related O/F/E over a one-month period, annually, from 2013-2017. Two researchers qualitatively coded the social media mentions for relevance and coded the relevant mentions by event type and theme. The total number of mentions coded as relevant ( n = 947) for the one-month period increased each year. Mentions of first-person events were relatively infrequent (3.6% of relevant mentions), while mentions describing events that happened to someone else increased over time (60.4% of relevant mentions). A relatively small proportion of mentions expressed concern around a potential event and advice on how to prevent future events (4.8% and 10.5% of relevant mentions, respectively). Findings suggest that social media mentions around ENDS battery O/F/E events have increased over recent years. Social media monitoring can complement traditional surveillance systems to elucidate the extent to which ENDS O/F/E events are occurring
Nicotine · Overheating (electricity · Psychiatry · Social media · World Wide Web · Computer Science · Engineering · Fire Detection and Safety Systems · Psychology · Risk Perception and Management · Smoking Behavior and Cessation
| Highly cited | No |
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