| Title |
Pro-smoking apps for smartphones: the latest vehicle for the tobacco industry?
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Tobacco Control, October 2012
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| DOI | 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2012-050598 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Nasser F BinDhim, Becky Freeman, Lyndal Trevena |
| Abstract |
Smartphone use is growing exponentially and will soon become the only mobile phone handset for about 6 billion users. Smartphones are ideal marketing targets as consumers can be reached anytime, anywhere. Smartphone application (app) stores are global shops that sell apps to users all around the world. Although smartphone stores have a wide collection of health-related apps they also have a wide set of harmful apps. In this study, the availability of 'pro-smoking' apps in two of the largest smartphone app stores (Apple App store and Android Market) was examined. |
X Demographics
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 104 | 26% |
| India | 18 | 4% |
| Canada | 13 | 3% |
| Spain | 11 | 3% |
| United Kingdom | 9 | 2% |
| Pakistan | 8 | 2% |
| Brazil | 6 | 1% |
| Indonesia | 6 | 1% |
| Australia | 4 | <1% |
| Other | 52 | 13% |
| Unknown | 170 | 42% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 392 | 98% |
| Scientists | 6 | 1% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 2 | <1% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | <1% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 91 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Spain | 2 | 2% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 2% |
| Australia | 1 | 1% |
| Germany | 1 | 1% |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1% |
| Brazil | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 83 | 91% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 16 | 18% |
| Student > Bachelor | 13 | 14% |
| Student > Master | 11 | 12% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 8 | 9% |
| Professor | 6 | 7% |
| Other | 27 | 30% |
| Unknown | 10 | 11% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 16 | 18% |
| Social Sciences | 14 | 15% |
| Computer Science | 14 | 15% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 11 | 12% |
| Business, Management and Accounting | 7 | 8% |
| Other | 17 | 19% |
| Unknown | 12 | 13% |
Attention Score in Context
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