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. 2017 Mar 31;19(3):e91. doi: 10.2196/jmir.7022

Table 4.

Coded categories.

Category type Category Number of articles and percent of totala
n (%)
Articles
Relevance Relevant versus nonrelevant 16 (59) [8,25,27,30,33,34,36,37,41-45,47-49]
Sentiment
9 (33) [8,25,27,28,35,41,45,48,50]

Positive or negative (ie, supportive or against) 6 (22) [8,25,27,45,48,50]

Positive or negative (ie, emotional tone) 2 (7) [28,41]

Positive or negative valence 1 (4) [35]

Neutral or unknown 6 (22) [8,27,28,45,48,50]
Message attitude Pro or con 1 (4) [28]
Type of utterance Comparison versus attribution versus metonymy 1 (4) [35]
Topics, themes, or genres
21 (78) [8,25-28,30,33,34,36-43,45-47,49,50]

Joke or humorous 3 (11) [27,28,36]

Song or music 2 (7) [30,36]

Profanity 1 (4) [36]

Social relationships 2 (7) [27,50]

Sex or romance 1 (4) [30]

Image or stereotype 1 (4) [27]

Risky behaviors or other substances 6 (22) [25,27,28,30,36,45]

Illicit substance use in e-cigarettes 2 (7) [25,45]

Preference for another substance 1 (4) [30]

Affiliation and preference 1 (4) [36]

Flavors 7 (26) [25,36,39,41-43,45]

Pleasure 1 (4) [27]

Tastes good 1 (4) [28]

Craving, desire, and need 5 (19) [25,27,28,36,45]

Addiction 1 (4) [37]

Type of tobacco product 4 (15) [27,30,34,38]

Type of tobacco product brand 1 (4) [26]

E-cigarettes’ smoke-free aspect 1 (4) [42]

Health, safety, harms 9 (33) [8,25,27,30,33,37,39,45,50]

Downplayed or refuted harms, harm reduction 2 (7) [27,42]

E-cigarettes for smoking cessation 7 (26) [25,28,33,40-42,45]

Cessation 5 (19) [27,30,37,41,46]

Cessation product 2 (7) [34,38]

Socioemotional support tweets regarding quitting smoking 1 (4) [49]

Encouraging or engaging tweets regarding quitting smoking 1 (4) [49]

Clinical practice guidelines for treating tobacco dependence 1 (4) [38]

Demonstration 1 (4) [36]

Use 8 (30) [25,27,28,30,36,37,40,45]


Use: general 2 (7) [36,40]


First-person use or intent 5 (19) [25,27,28,30,45]


Second- or third-person experience 4 (15) [25,27,28,45]


Starting use or smoking initiation 3 (11) [27,28,37]


Recent use 1 (4) [30]


Underage use 3 (11) [25,27,45]


Parental use 2 (7) [25,45]


Does not use or does not want to use 1 (4) [30]

Secondhand smoke 1 (4) [46]

Rejection and prevention 1 (4) [36]

Disgust, unattractive, or uncool 2 (7) [27,30]

Policy, government, regulation, activism, politics 7 (26) [8,25,27,28,39,45,46]

Normalization versus discouragement 1 (4) [30]

Getting others started or advocating use 1 (4) [28]

Attempt to engage other Twitter users 1 (4) [28]

Fear appeals 1 (4) [47]

Lies or propaganda 2 (7) [8,39]

Advertisement, promotion, marketing, industry, commercial 12 (44) [8,25-28,30,33,36,38,41,45,50]

Offering advice 1 (4) [28]

Personal opinion or communication 6 (22) [25,27,28,33,38,45]

News or update 4 (15) [25,27,28,45]

Information 5 (19) [25,27,28,45,49]

Science or scientific publication 2 (7) [37,39]

Cultural reference 1 (4) [27]

Issue salience 1 (4) [39]

Commodity 1 (4) [27]

Connoisseurship 1 (4) [27]

Cheaper than smoking 1 (4) [28]

Money 1 (4) [8]

Price promotion, discount, coupon 4 (15) [26,33,34,41]

Backgrounded 1 (4) [27]

Other or undetermined 2 (7) [36,50]
Domains smoking was compared with for
campaign slogans
Personal features; hobby or hype; person or group; social norm; big event; technology and innovation; sex or relation; eating, drinking, and stimulants; school; transport; and campaign 1 (4) [35]
Links (URLs) Most common links 1 (4) [26]
Location of use
1 (4) [26]

Class 1 (4) [26]

House, room, bed 1 (4) [26]

School 1 (4) [26]

Public 1 (4) [26]

Bathroom 1 (4) [26]

Work 1 (4) [26]

In front of someone 1 (4) [26]

Car 1 (4) [26]

Restaurant 1 (4) [26]

Movie theater 1 (4) [26]

Airplanes or airport 1 (4) [26]

Store 1 (4) [26]

Bars or clubs 1 (4) [26]

Dormitory 1 (4) [26]

Library 1 (4) [26]

Mall 1 (4) [26]

Bowling alley 1 (4) [26]

Café or coffee shop 1 (4) [26]

Hospital 1 (4) [26]

Locker room 1 (4) [26]
Topic modeling
2 (7) [31,32]

Hookah topic 1: social locations, leisure time, and positive affect 1 (4) [31]

Hookah topic 2: fun, leisure time, and sociability 1 (4) [31]

Cigarette topic 1: death and unpleasant smell 1 (4) [31]

Cigar topic 1: positive affect and enjoyment 1 (4) [31]

Cigar topic 2: luxury alcohol products 1 (4) [31]

Tobacco topic 1: tobacco use and substance use 1 (4) [32]

Tobacco topic 2: addiction recovery 1 (4) [32]

Tobacco topic 3: addiction recovery and tobacco promotion by clubs or bars 1 (4) [32]

Tobacco topic 4: tobacco promotion by bars or clubs and
marijuana use
1 (4) [32]

Tobacco topic 5: antismoking and addiction recovery 1 (4) [32]
User or account
10 (37) [8,25,28,29,34,37,41,44,45,49]

Government 3 (11) [25,44,45]

Foundations or nonprofit organizations 4 (15) [25,44,45,49]

Public health and health care 1 (4) [28]

Researcher or research center 2 (7) [29,37]

News 5 (19) [25,28,37,44,45]


Reputable news source 2 (7) [25,45]


Press, media, or news 3 (11) [28,37,44]


Medical news source 1 (4) [37]

Personal accounts 7 (26) [8,25,28,29,37,44,45]


Personal accounts, everyday people, individuals 6 (22) [8,25,28,37,44,45]


Personal accounts with industry ties 1 (4) [28]


Person: supporter 1 (4) [29]


Person: basic profile (no mention of e-cigarettes) 1 (4) [29]

Celebrity, public figures 3 (11) [25,28,45]

Organic (human) 1 (4) [41]

E-cigarette community movement 2 (7) [25,45]

Industry 5 (19) [25,28,29,34,45]


Industry: retailer or manufacturer 2 (7) [28,29]


Retailer or vendor 3 (11) [25,34,45]


Tobacco company 2 (7) [25,45]


Industry: other (eg, vaping magazine, Web marketer) 1 (4) [29]

For-profit organization 1 (4) [44]

Entity: general (eg, company, store, advocacy group) 1 (4) [8]

Nonperson (eg, musical band) 1 (4) [29]

Bots, automatic, fake 4 (15) [25,28,38,41,45]

Unclassified or other 5 (19) [8,29,37,44,49]
Profile photo
1 (4) [36]

Single person versus multiple people 1 (4) [36]

Gender (male, female, mixed group) 1 (4) [36]

Age (babies or children, high school or college, adult) 1 (4) [36]

Race (African American, white, Hispanic, Asian, undetermined) 1 (4) [36]
Location of user
4 (15) [8,37-39]

City, state, and country 1 (4) [39]

State 1 (4) [8]

Country 1 (4) [37]

Continent 1 (4) [38]

aPercentages are rounded to the nearest whole percent.