Anytime is the Right Time: A Content Analysis of Marijuana Ads in Freely Distributed Print Media in Western Washington State, USA.

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Cannabis advertisement content in print media has not yet been studied, despite youth high exposure to them. This study analyzes cannabis ads content in two publications in Western Washington State, USA. Content analysis of 305 cannabis advertisements published in 2017 in two free print publications was performed with support of NVivo software. A deductive approach was utilized, leveraging alcohol advertisement studies' coding frames and adding cannabis-specific codes in an iterative process. Coding was performed using a two-step analytical procedure. Ads depicted the use of cannabis as part of everyday life and coopted mainstream events such as holidays to promote sales. Ads of cannabis products emphasized lifestyles that conveyed enjoyment of time in nature; such as scenes of people sitting by waterfalls, contemplating natural landscapes, paddle boarding, and canoeing. A sizeable proportion of the cannabis ads shared with alcohol ads an emphasis on the personal and social rewards of using these products, rather than product features, such as quality and taste. In WA State, cannabis use ads content tend to focus on solitude and outdoor recreation rather than parties and team sports, a common theme in alcohol ads. While the themes differ from alcohol, marijuana marketing mimics strategies used by alcohol industries, such as promoting the identification of their products with lifestyles and values considered appealing to attract new consumers. Many ads presented content known to appeal to youth, with content designed to elicit responses based on emotions rather than cognition.
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Authors Carlini, Beatriz H;Harwick, Robin;Garrett, Sharon;
Journal substance use & misuse
Year 2019
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10.1080/10826084.2019.1703749
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Prevention cannabis content analysis marijuana advertisement appeal to children cannabis and youth cannabis policy cannabis regulation recreational marijuana

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