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dangers of vaping among youth, encourage youth to quit vaping, and raise
awareness of the change in tobacco minimum purchase age from 18 to 21 years.
The media campaign began in November 2019 and ran through August 2020.
Messages were created and disseminated about the ingredients found in a vape, the
unknown health effects of vaping, and the realities of nicotine addiction that come
with vaping. The campaign reached youth with a multipronged approach that
included ads on social media platforms, television, radio, and in-person outreach
events at middle schools, high schools, and colleges across the state. In addition to
ad buys and outreach, this campaign also partnered with social media influencers to
create authentic anti-vaping messages and promote peer-to-peer messaging.
Specific tobacco 21 messages were featured at convenience stores to reach the
target populations at point of purchase. These ads ran as pump toppers and in-
store window displays.
Highlights from the media campaign include the following:
● Television ads generated 5,078,000 impressions and total of 9,584 spots
aired during this 8-week media buy.
● 43,563,018 overall campaign social media involvements (i.e., the
combination of clicks on a digital ad or social media post, comments made on
a social media post, shares of a digital ad or social media post, or when a
user watches an entire video on social media).
● 73 percent of young Texans surveyed recalled one of the campaign spots.
Digital ads and influencer postings had the most reach. Of the teens and
young adults surveyed, 75 percent recalled one of the key messages of the
campaign.
● Purchased ads on mobile devices and social media platforms were viewed
over 12 million times and clicked on over 50,000 times.
● Social media posts by influencers garnered almost 60 million views, and their
posts were interacted with (liked, shared, or commented on) over 26 million
times.
● Outreach at schools in all 11 regions was planned but cut short by the
ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Before school shut downs began, almost
140,000 students and family members were reached at 10 schools and a
University Interscholastic League event.
● Event reach totaled 138,120 people from February 19 through March 12,
2020. Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, all events after March 13,
2020, were canceled. An example outreach event set up is in Appendix F.