User:Grracelee/sandbox

Planned Edits to "Marketing of electronic cigarettes" page
Plans to change a sentence under the "Methods" section of the article:

Change to "... but this assertion is misleading, as propylene glycol can have ill effects on user health; including irritation of the eyes and throat. Scientists..."

User:Dumbpepper/sandbox

To be added to the last of of "marketing regulation" heading: To combat marketing aimed at minors, San Francisco has gone as far as to ban the sale of flavored nicotine products altogether, with other cities expected to follow their lead. User:colleen_mccann/sandbox

Adding to the above statement: "The FDA has issued several letters of warning in an attempt to curb marketing of e-cigarette liquid that can be mistaken for cookies, candies, or juices. User:Dumbpepper/sandbox

Marketing to Children: User:colleen_mccann/sandbox

In recent years, there has been a national shift toward outlawing the sale of flavored tobacco, starting with the ban on flavored cigarettes in 2009. One study, the FDA’s Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health, suggested that many tobacco smokers reported that their first tobacco product was flavored, particularly 80% of smokers ages 12-17 and 75% of young adults ages 18-25.

User:JenniferKaiser2020/sandbox

Plans to add onto the statement under "Methods": "Big tobacco" markets e-cigarettes to young people, with industry strategies including cartoon characters and candy flavors to sell e-cigarettes." Consider adding the increase marketing for flavored tobacco and the sale statistics on flavor tobacco. An additional statement on how flavored tobacco targets certain populations like the youth will be added.

User:Grracelee

Besides the flavoring of these products being attractive to younger people, products such as JUUL are marketed in a sleek design as to easily be mistaken for flash drives, so they can go unnoticed by parents and teachers. User:colleen_mccann/sandbox