Themes and sub-themes | Main theme count | Mentions count | Percentage | |
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Health impacts of electronic cigarettes | ||||
Benefits of e-cigarettes | 28 | 62.22% | ||
Smoking cessation tool | 8 | - | ||
Reduction in smoking-related diseases | 8 | - | ||
Safer as compared to smoking | 24 | - | ||
Not linked to chronic illnesses | 3 | - | ||
Drawbacks of e-cigarettes | 17 | 37.78% | ||
Not an effective smoking cessation tool | 4 | - | ||
E-cigarettes are a gateway to smoking | 2 | - | ||
E-cigarettes are harmful | 9 | - | ||
E-cigarettes are addictive | 8 | - | ||
Second hand aerosols are harmful | 2 | - | ||
Potentially harmful | 4 | - | ||
Youths and children taking up e-cigarettes | 7 | - | ||
Story tone typically used | ||||
Neutral | 8 | 21.05% | ||
In favor of e-cigarettes | 19 | 50% | ||
In opposition to e-cigarettes | 11 | 28.95% | ||
Main topic | ||||
Policy issue | 13 | 34.2% | ||
Products taxation | 8 | - | ||
Product regulation | 21 | - | ||
Product ban | 11 | - | ||
Health issue | 22 | 58% | ||
Youth vaping | 3 | 7.8% | ||
News source | ||||
Government officials/ lawmakers | 8 | 9.09% | ||
Public Health Agencies | 19 | 21.59% | ||
Anti-vaping advocates and CSOs | 4 | 4.55% | ||
Vaping advocates and CSOs | 11 | 12.50% | ||
Average citizen/consumer | 3 | 3.41% | ||
Industry – retailers and manufacturers | 14 | 15.91% | ||
Health experts – doctors/ nurses | 12 | 13.64% | ||
Academia | 11 | 12.50% | ||
Journals on health | 6 | 6.82% |