An Analysis of Electronic Cigarette and Cigarette Advertising in US Women's Magazines.
BACKGROUND
Traditional cigarette advertising has existed in the US for over 200 years. Studies suggest that advertising has an impact on the initiation and maintenance of smoking behaviors. In recent years, electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) emerged on the market as an alternative to the traditional tobacco cigarette. The purpose of this study was to describe advertisements in popular US magazines marketed to women for cigarettes and e-cigarettes.


METHODS
This study involved analyzing 99 issues of 14 popular US magazines marketed to women.


RESULTS
Compared to advertisements for traditional cigarettes, advertisements for e-cigarettes were more often found in magazines geared toward the 31-40-year-old audience (76.5% vs. 53.1%, P = 0.011) whereas traditional cigarette advertisements were nearly equally distributed among women 31-40 and ≥40 years. More than three-quarters of the e-cigarette advertisements presented in magazines aimed at the higher median income households compared to a balanced distribution by income for traditional cigarettes (P = 0.033).


CONCLUSIONS
Future studies should focus on specific marketing tactics used to promote e-cigarette use as this product increases in popularity, especially among young women smokers.
Department of Public Health, William Paterson University, Wayne, NJ 07470, USA.
Corey Hannah
CH
Basch
Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, NY 10032, USA.
Jennifer
J
Mongiovi
Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, NY 10032, USA.
Grace Clarke
GC
Hillyer
Department of Health Sciences, Lehman College, The City University of New York, Bronx, NY, USA.
Danna
D
Ethan
Department of Health and Nutrition Sciences, Montclair State University, NJ, USA.
Rodney
R
Hammond
Advertising; cigarette; electronic cigarette; magazines; women
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