scholarly journals #FlavorsSaveLives: An analysis of Twitter posts opposing flavored e-cigarette bans

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew G Kirkpatrick ◽  
Allison Dormanesh ◽  
Vanessa Rivera ◽  
Anuja Majmundar ◽  
Daniel W Soto ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Smoking Cessation ◽  
Sampling Procedure ◽  
Real Problem ◽  
Individual Rights ◽  
Information Campaigns ◽  
The Real ◽  
Control Information ◽  
Emerging Themes ◽  
Twitter Monitoring ◽  
Public Opposition

Abstract Background Starting in 2019 policies restricting the availability of flavored e-cigarette products were proposed or implemented in the U.S. to curb vaping by youth. People took to Twitter to voice their opposition, referencing the phrase “Flavors Save Lives”. This study documented the emerging themes pertaining to “Flavors Saves Lives” over a 12-month period. Methods The study period was from May 1, 2019 to May 1, 2020. A stratified sampling procedure supplied 2500 tweets for analysis. Posts were classified by one or more of the following themes: 1) Political Referendum; 2) Institutional Distrust; 3) Individual Rights; 4) Misinformation; 5) THC Vaping is the Real Problem; 6) Smoking Cessation; 7) Adult Use; and 8) Not a Bot. The temporal pattern of tweets over the year was examined. Results Political Referendum (76.5%) and Institutional Distrust (31.3%) were the most prominent themes, followed by Not a Bot (11.0%), Individual Rights (10.4%), Adult Use (8.0%), Smoking Cessation (6.6%), Misinformation (5.9%), and THC Vaping is the Real Problem (3.5%). Total tweet frequencies increased in September 2019 and peaked in November 2019 before returning to relatively low numbers. Political Referendum and Institutional Distrust were consistently the most prevalent themes over time. Conclusion Twitter posts with the phrase “Flavors Save Lives” commonly discussed voting against political incumbents and mentioned distrust of government representatives. Findings demonstrated the possibility of near real time Twitter monitoring of public opposition to flavor bans. These data may be valuable for designing tobacco control information campaigns in the future.

Discounting and the Paradox of the Indefinitely Postponed Splurge

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew Rendall
Keyword(s):  
Real Problem ◽  
Costs And Benefits ◽  
The Real ◽  
Reductio Ad Absurdum ◽  
The World ◽  
The Future ◽  
End Of The World

It is sometimes argued in support of discounting future costs and benefits that if we gave the same weight to the future as to the present, we would invest nearly all our income, but never spend it. Rather than enjoying the fruits of our investments, we would always do better to reinvest them. Undiscounted utilitarianism (UU), so the argument goes, is collectively self-defeating. This attempted reductio ad absurdum fails. Regardless of whether each generation successfully followed UU, or merely attempted to follow it, we could never get trapped in endless saving. The real problem is different: without the ability to foresee the end of the world, UU cannot tell us how much to save. Discounting is a defensible response, but only when coupled with a rule against risking catastrophe.

Mathematics the Real Problem of the Teacher

1917 ◽  
Vol 85 (9) ◽  
pp. 237-242
Author(s):  
Idella R. Berry
Keyword(s):  
Real Problem ◽  
The Real

Rediscovering Hope Building School Cultures of Hope for Children of Poverty

2011 ◽  
Vol 93 (3) ◽  
pp. 44-47 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kevin Sheehan ◽  
Kevin Rall
Keyword(s):  
Academic Skills ◽  
Real Problem ◽  
School Cultures ◽  
The Real ◽  
Life Conditions

The real problem for children of poverty may not be weak academic skills, poor teachers, or scant resources, but a lack of hope that they can alter their life conditions through effort.

scholarly journals PASANG SURUT DAN FRAGMENTASI POLITIK ISLAM DI INDONESIA

Dialog ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 34 (2) ◽  
pp. 26-43
Author(s):  
Miftahussurur Miftahussurur
Keyword(s):  
Social Economy ◽  
Political Islam ◽  
Political Context ◽  
The Political ◽  
Real Problem ◽  
Historical Process ◽  
The Real ◽  
Basic Need

This descriptive­analytics article is aimed to trace­back the dynamics and fragmentation of political Islam in Indonesia. It focuses on relation between the dynamics of political Islam and its historical process and its social-political context. After reformation era, the power of political Islam in Indonesia has been getting highly and more fragmented. Rather, the fragmentation was seemingly caused by interest of elites than ideology dispute. It was the reason why the power of political Islam has been never unified, even to boost the people’s interest. The political Islam tended to struggle enforcing God’s law (syariah) rather than solving the real problem such as economy and basic need of society or ummah. In the fact, enforcing the Syariah law was merely artificial one. Finally, the political Islam always fails in transforming social, economy and politics due to its elitism.

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