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Julia Vassey

Assistant Professor of Clinical Population and Public Health Sciences

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Publications

  • Influencer-driven lifestyle and wellness framing of intoxicating hemp products may normalize youth cannabis use. Int J Drug Policy. 2026 Jul 16; 155:105425.. View in PubMed
  • Impact of Instagram and TikTok influencer marketing on perceptions of e-cigarettes and perceptions of influencers in young adults: a randomised survey-based experiment. Tob Control. 2026 May 07; 35(3):358-365.. View in PubMed
  • Factors Associated with Exposure to Nicotine Pouch Content on Social Media among U.S. Adolescents. Nicotine Tob Res. 2026 Apr 27.. View in PubMed
  • Generative AI in a new era of computer model-informed tobacco research: a short report. Tob Control. 2026 Apr 13; 35(2):267-270.. View in PubMed
  • E-cigarette and Cannabis in Social Media Influencer Marketing and Its Effect on Adolescents: A Survey-Based Experiment. Nicotine Tob Res. 2026 Mar 24; 28(4):658-667.. View in PubMed
  • Healthy Vaping? Fitness-Oriented Imagery in Influencer E-Cigarette Marketing and Adolescent Perceptions of Influencers and E-Cigarettes. Am J Health Promot. 2026 Feb 17; 8901171261426771.. View in PubMed
  • Triple tank control: disposable vape devices with adjustable nicotine and flavour levels. Tob Control. 2025 Dec 30.. View in PubMed
  • Youth Perceptions of E-Cigarette Influencer Marketing on Social Media. Subst Use Misuse. 2026; 61(9):1451-1461.. View in PubMed
  • Demographic Trends in E-Cigarette Social Media Marketing: Perceiving Gender Presentation and Facial Age Via Computer Vision. Nicotine Tob Res. 2025 Oct 22; 27(11):2063-2071.. View in PubMed
  • US adolescents’ response to nicotine warning labels in influencer e-cigarette marketing social media posts: a survey-based randomised between-subject experiment. Tob Control. 2025 10 03; 34(5):609-617.. View in PubMed
  • E-Cigarette and Cannabis Social Media Posts and Adolescent Substance Use. JAMA Netw Open. 2025 06 02; 8(6):e2517611.. View in PubMed
  • Tobacco, nicotine and counter-marketing promotions using Instagram’s branded content tool. Tob Control. 2025 05 15; 34(3):369-373.. View in PubMed
  • Worldwide connections of influencers who promote e-cigarettes on Instagram and TikTok: a social network analysis. Comput Human Behav. 2025 Apr; 165.. View in PubMed
  • Reviving Old Tricks in New Tobacco Marketing: Presence of e-Cigarette Brand Names on Merchandise Promoted by Influencers on Social Media. Subst Use Misuse. 2025; 60(3):319-323.. View in PubMed
  • Discussion of Heated Tobacco Products on Twitter Following IQOS’s Modified-Risk Tobacco Product Authorization and US Import Ban: Content Analysis. J Med Internet Res. 2024 10 24; 26:e53938.. View in PubMed
  • Vaping Devices with Video Games. Subst Use Misuse. 2024; 59(14):2149-2150.. View in PubMed
  • Young adults’ visual attention to features of social media marketing for disposable e-cigarettes and associated perceptions. Addiction. 2025 Mar; 120(3):439-451.. View in PubMed
  • Scalable Surveillance of E-Cigarette Products on Instagram and TikTok Using Computer Vision. Nicotine Tob Res. 2024 04 22; 26(5):552-560.. View in PubMed
  • Themes in e-liquid concept names as a marketing tactic: evidence from Premarket Tobacco Product Applications in the USA. Tob Control. 2024 04 19; 33(3):412-413.. View in PubMed
  • Tobacco promotion restriction policies on social media. Tob Control. 2024 04 19; 33(3):398-403.. View in PubMed
  • Oral Nicotine Gum Discussions on Twitter: Content Analysis. Nicotine Tob Res. 2024 03 22; 26(4):503-507.. View in PubMed
  • Assessing the public discourse on Twitter: Reactions to the JUUL e-cigarettes ban in the United States. Tob Induc Dis. 2024; 22.. View in PubMed
  • Young Adults’ Exposure to and Engagement With Tobacco-Related Social Media Content and Subsequent Tobacco Use. Nicotine Tob Res. 2024 Feb 15; 26(Supplement_1):S3-S12.. View in PubMed
  • Influence of Disclosed and Undisclosed Funding Sources in Tobacco Harm Reduction Discourse: A Social Network Analysis. Nicotine Tob Res. 2023 11 22; 25(12):1829-1837.. View in PubMed
  • Effects of a nicotine warning label and vaping cessation resources on young adults’ perceptions of pro-vaping instagram influencer posts. Addict Behav. 2024 02; 149:107888.. View in PubMed
  • Should Tobacco-Related Marketing on Social Media Have Stronger Restrictions? Commentary. Subst Use Misuse. 2023; 58(12):1615-1619.. View in PubMed
  • Ice Flavor-Related Discussions on Twitter: Content Analysis. J Med Internet Res. 2022 11 30; 24(11):e41785.. View in PubMed
  • Themes in TikTok Videos Featuring Little Cigars and Cigarillos: Content Analysis. J Med Internet Res. 2022 11 16; 24(11):e42441.. View in PubMed
  • Frequency of social media use and exposure to tobacco or nicotine-related content in association with E-cigarette use among youth: A cross-sectional and longitudinal survey analysis. Prev Med Rep. 2022 Dec; 30:102055.. View in PubMed
  • Vaping and anime: a growing area of concern. Tob Control. 2023 11; 32(6):803-805.. View in PubMed
  • E-cigarette brands and social media influencers on Instagram: a social network analysis. Tob Control. 2023 08; 32(e2):e184-e191.. View in PubMed
  • E-cigarette use and promotion by social media influencers during videogame play on Twitch. Tob Control. 2023 07; 32(4):526-527.. View in PubMed
  • Categorizing IQOS-Related Twitter Discussions. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 04 30; 18(9).. View in PubMed
  • Compliance With FDA Nicotine Warning Statement Provisions in E-liquid Promotion Posts on Instagram. Nicotine Tob Res. 2020 10 08; 22(10):1823-1830.. View in PubMed
  • #Vape: Measuring E-Cigarette Influence on Instagram With Deep Learning and Text Analysis. Front Commun (Lausanne). 2020; 4.. View in PubMed

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