International Journal of Preventive Medicine (Int J Prev Med)2008-7802112016091017281728ENDepartment of Public Health, William Paterson University, Wayne, NJ 07470, USADepartment of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, NY 10032, USADepartment of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, NY 10032, USADepartment of Health Sciences, Lehman College, The City University of New York, Bronx, NY, USADepartment of Health and Nutrition Sciences, Montclair State University, NJ, USA20160910<p><strong>Background:</strong> Traditional cigarette advertising has existed in the US for over 200 years. Studies<br />suggest that advertising has an impact on the initiation and maintenance of smoking behaviors.<br />In recent years, electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) emerged on the market as an alternative to<br />the traditional tobacco cigarette. The purpose of this study was to describe advertisements in<br />popular US magazines marketed to women for cigarettes and e-cigarettes.<br /><strong>Methods:</strong> This study involved analyzing 99 issues of 14 popular US magazines marketed to<br />women.<br /><strong>Results:</strong> Compared to advertisements for traditional cigarettes, advertisements for e-cigarettes<br />were more often found in magazines geared toward the 31&ndash;40-year-old audience (76.5% vs.<br />53.1%, P = 0.011) whereas traditional cigarette advertisements were nearly equally distributed<br />among women 31&ndash;40 and &ge;40 years. More than three-quarters of the e-cigarette advertisements<br />presented in magazines aimed at the higher median income households compared to a balanced<br />distribution by income for traditional cigarettes (P = 0.033).<br /><strong>Conclusions:</strong> Future studies should focus on specific marketing tactics used to promote<br />e-cigarette use as this product increases in popularity, especially among young women smokers.</p><p><strong>Keywords:</strong> Advertising, cigarette, electronic cigarette, magazines, women</p>http://ijpm.mui.ac.ir/index.php/ijpm/article/view/1728http://ijpm.mui.ac.ir/index.php/ijpm/article/download/1728/2020