Sentiment and content of tweets posted using #COP8FCTC, including the five most frequent cohashtags and mentions (ie, ‘tagging’ of other user accounts)
| Content | |||
| TC related, n (%) | NGP related, n (%) | FCTC related, n (%) | |
| Tweet content and sentiment categorisation | |||
| Sentiment | |||
| Informative/neutral | 33 (2.9) | 15 (1.3) | 13 (1.1) |
| Argument | 81 (7.0) | 387 (33.5) | 131 (11.3) |
| Critical | 2 (0.2) | 220 (19.0) | 274 (23.7) |
| Total | 116 (10.1) | 622 (53.8) | 418 (36.1) |
| Most frequent hashtags* and mentions | |||
| TC related | NGP related | FCTC related | |
| Hashtags | #UNTobaccoControl #NoTobacco #tobacco #SDGs | #vaping #UNTobaccoControl #GSTHR #FCTC | #vaping #WHO #defundWHO #publichealth |
| Mentions | @FCTCofficial @WHO @FCAforTC @AshOrg @****** | @FCTCofficial @WHO @vera_dacosta @INNCOorg @provapeomexico | @FCTCofficial @WHO @vera_dacosta @INNCOorg @FCAforTC |
*Excluding #COP8, which was present in all content categories.
@******, the personal account of a public health advocate whose identity we have withheld for privacy reasons; @FCAforTC, account of Framework Convention Alliance; FCTC, Framework Convention on Tobacco Control; FSFW, Foundation for a Smoke-Free World; GSTHR, Global State of Tobacco Harm Reduction’ that is, the title of a report launched during COP8 written by Knowledge-Action-Change, an organisation granted US$1 051 364 from the PMI-funded FSFW in 2018; @INNCOorg, account of International Network of Nicotine Consumer Organisations, a network granted US$100 300 in 2018 by FSFW; NGP, next-generation product; SDGs, sustainable development goals; TC, tobacco control; @vera_dacosta, head of WHO FCTC Secretariat at the time of COP8.