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The Comprehensive Alcohol Advertising Ban in Lithuania: A Case Study of Social Media
Alcohol advertising exposure is a risk factor for earlier alcohol initiation and higher alcohol consumption. Furthermore, engagement in digital alcohol marketing, such as liking or sharing an ad on social media, is associated with increased alcohol consumption and binge or hazardous drinking behavio...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9566760/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36231698 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191912398 |
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author | Galkus, Lukas Lange, Shannon Liutkutė-Gumarov, Vaida Miščikienė, Laura Petkevičienė, Janina Rehm, Jürgen Štelemėkas, Mindaugas Tran, Alexander Vaitkevičiūtė, Justina |
author_facet | Galkus, Lukas Lange, Shannon Liutkutė-Gumarov, Vaida Miščikienė, Laura Petkevičienė, Janina Rehm, Jürgen Štelemėkas, Mindaugas Tran, Alexander Vaitkevičiūtė, Justina |
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description | Alcohol advertising exposure is a risk factor for earlier alcohol initiation and higher alcohol consumption. Furthermore, engagement in digital alcohol marketing, such as liking or sharing an ad on social media, is associated with increased alcohol consumption and binge or hazardous drinking behavior. In light of these challenges, Lithuania has enacted a total prohibition on alcohol advertising, including social media. This study monitored the two most popular social media networks, Facebook and Instagram, to determine compliance with current legislation. In total, 64 Facebook and 51 Instagram profiles were examined. During the 60-day study period, 1442 and 749 posts on the selected Facebook and Instagram profiles, respectively, were published. There were a total of 163 distinct social media alcohol-related posts. Alcohol-related posts accounted for 5.9 percent of total Instagram posts and 8.3 percent of total Facebook posts. Alcohol advertisements accounted for 1.4 percent of all posts (infringement of the Alcohol Control Law). Influencers were responsible for nearly half (45.5 percent) of all observed alcohol-related Instagram posts. The study demonstrates high compliance with Lithuania’s total alcohol advertising ban on social media and emphasizes the importance of adequately monitoring the growing prominence of influencers on social media. |
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spelling | pubmed-95667602022-10-15 The Comprehensive Alcohol Advertising Ban in Lithuania: A Case Study of Social Media Galkus, Lukas Lange, Shannon Liutkutė-Gumarov, Vaida Miščikienė, Laura Petkevičienė, Janina Rehm, Jürgen Štelemėkas, Mindaugas Tran, Alexander Vaitkevičiūtė, Justina Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Alcohol advertising exposure is a risk factor for earlier alcohol initiation and higher alcohol consumption. Furthermore, engagement in digital alcohol marketing, such as liking or sharing an ad on social media, is associated with increased alcohol consumption and binge or hazardous drinking behavior. In light of these challenges, Lithuania has enacted a total prohibition on alcohol advertising, including social media. This study monitored the two most popular social media networks, Facebook and Instagram, to determine compliance with current legislation. In total, 64 Facebook and 51 Instagram profiles were examined. During the 60-day study period, 1442 and 749 posts on the selected Facebook and Instagram profiles, respectively, were published. There were a total of 163 distinct social media alcohol-related posts. Alcohol-related posts accounted for 5.9 percent of total Instagram posts and 8.3 percent of total Facebook posts. Alcohol advertisements accounted for 1.4 percent of all posts (infringement of the Alcohol Control Law). Influencers were responsible for nearly half (45.5 percent) of all observed alcohol-related Instagram posts. The study demonstrates high compliance with Lithuania’s total alcohol advertising ban on social media and emphasizes the importance of adequately monitoring the growing prominence of influencers on social media. MDPI 2022-09-29 /pmc/articles/PMC9566760/ /pubmed/36231698 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191912398 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Galkus, Lukas Lange, Shannon Liutkutė-Gumarov, Vaida Miščikienė, Laura Petkevičienė, Janina Rehm, Jürgen Štelemėkas, Mindaugas Tran, Alexander Vaitkevičiūtė, Justina The Comprehensive Alcohol Advertising Ban in Lithuania: A Case Study of Social Media |
title | The Comprehensive Alcohol Advertising Ban in Lithuania: A Case Study of Social Media |
title_full | The Comprehensive Alcohol Advertising Ban in Lithuania: A Case Study of Social Media |
title_fullStr | The Comprehensive Alcohol Advertising Ban in Lithuania: A Case Study of Social Media |
title_full_unstemmed | The Comprehensive Alcohol Advertising Ban in Lithuania: A Case Study of Social Media |
title_short | The Comprehensive Alcohol Advertising Ban in Lithuania: A Case Study of Social Media |
title_sort | comprehensive alcohol advertising ban in lithuania: a case study of social media |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9566760/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36231698 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191912398 |
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