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ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
卷 28, 期 30, 页码 40346-40354出版社
SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-020-11038-x
关键词
COVID-19; Cigarette; Waterpipe; E-cigarettes; Smoking; Harm perceptions; Iran
资金
- Ardabil University of Medical Sciences
The study found that compared to non-smokers, cigarette smokers were less likely to believe that smoking could lead to the spread of COVID-19, while waterpipe smokers were more likely to believe that waterpipes could protect against the virus. Over half of ex-smokers quit smoking due to the pandemic and most planned to continue abstaining post-pandemic.
There is mixed evidence surrounding the relationship between tobacco use and COVID-19 infection/progression. The current study investigates beliefs and tobacco use behaviors and COVID-19 infection among a sample of smokers and never-smokers. Data were collected using an online survey distributed through Telegram, a cloud-based social media networking application in Iran from April 1 to May 31, 2020. The study participants included never-smokers (n= 511), current (past-month) waterpipe smokers (n= 89), current cigarette smokers (n= 158), and ex-smokers (n= 172). Multinomial logistic regression was used to compare tobacco use groups with never- smokers on beliefs, controlling for potential confounders. The study participants (n= 944) was mostly male (64%), had > high school education (76%), and lived in an urban area (91%), with mean +/- SD age of 35.3 +/- 10.8. Key findings of this study are that compared with never-smokers: (1) cigarette smokers were less likely to believe that smoking cigarette can lead to spreading COVID-19; (2) waterpipe smokers were more likely to believe that smoking waterpipe at home was a safe practice, that waterpipe protects against COVID-19, and smoking waterpipe may lead to a more rapid recovery from COVID-19; (3) both waterpipe and cigarette smokers believed that using e-cigarettes in public places was a safe practice during the COVID-19 pandemic; and (4) more than half of the ex-smokers stopped smoking due to COVID-19 and most of them planned to continue abstaining from smoking after the pandemic. Our findings underscore the need to raise awareness about the unsupported claims of a lower hazard of using tobacco products or possible protective effects against COVID-19 and to promote cessation programs.
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