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Furthermore, 1941 tweets related to the FDA\u2019s proposed menthol cigarette rules were extracted. Based on 300 randomly selected example tweets, the codebook for the attitudes toward the FDA\u2019s proposed rules and related topics was developed by 2 researchers and was used to label the rest of the tweets.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Among tweets related to the FDA\u2019s proposed menthol cigarette rules, 536 (27.61%) showed a positive attitude, 443 (22.82%) had a negative attitude, and 962 (49.56%) had a neutral attitude toward the proposed rules. Social justice (210\/536, 39%) and health issues (117\/536, 22%) were two major topics in tweets with a positive attitude. For tweets with a negative attitude, alternative tobacco or nicotine products (127\/443, 29%) and racial discrimination (84\/536, 16%) were two of the most popular topics.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>In general, the public had a positive attitude toward the FDA\u2019s proposed menthol cigarette rules. 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