Is “YouTube” telling or selling you something? Tobacco content on the YouTube video-sharing website: Table 1
Tobacco ControlPublished 1 June 2007Open access
Becky Freeman, Simon Chapman
Citations280
SJR quartileQ1
SJR score2.31
SNIP1.65
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It is both timely and critical to examine tobacco marketing in the Web 2.0 era, particularly in websites that appeal to youth and young adults, the same target population for tobacco companies.
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YouTube video-sharing website
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