期刊
JOURNAL OF GENERAL INTERNAL MEDICINE
卷 36, 期 12, 页码 3786-3793出版社
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-021-06913-3
关键词
cigarette smoking; electronic cigarettes; COVID-19; risk perceptions
资金
- National Heart Lung and Blood Institute [5R01HL111821]
The study found that most smokers believed that smoking increased the risk of COVID-19. Smokers' responses to the pandemic varied, with increased smoking related to stress and increased quitting associated with higher perceived vulnerability to COVID-19.
Background Cigarette smoking is a risk factor for severe COVID-19 disease. Understanding smokers' responses to the pandemic will help assess its public health impact and inform future public health and provider messages to smokers. Objective To assess risk perceptions and change in tobacco use among current and former smokers during the COVID-19 pandemic. Design Cross-sectional survey conducted in May-July 2020 (55% response rate) Participants 694 current and former daily smokers (mean age 53, 40% male, 78% white) who had been hospitalized pre-COVID-19 and enrolled into a smoking cessation clinical trial at hospitals in Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and Tennessee. Main Measures Perceived risk of COVID-19 due to tobacco use; changes in tobacco consumption and interest in quitting tobacco use; self-reported quitting and relapse since January 2020. Key Results 68% (95% CI, 65-72%) of respondents believed that smoking increases the risk of contracting COVID-19 or having a more severe case. In adjusted analyses, perceived risk was higher in Massachusetts where COVID-19 had already surged than in Pennsylvania and Tennessee which were pre-surge during survey administration (AOR 1.56, 95% CI, 1.07-2.28). Higher perceived COVID-19 risk was associated with increased interest in quitting smoking (AOR 1.72, 95% CI 1.01-2.92). During the pandemic, 32% (95% CI, 27-37%) of smokers increased, 37% (95% CI, 33-42%) decreased, and 31% (95% CI, 26-35%) did not change their cigarette consumption. Increased smoking was associated with higher perceived stress (AOR 1.49, 95% CI 1.16-1.91). Overall, 11% (95% CI, 8-14%) of respondents who smoked in January 2020 (pre-COVID-19) had quit smoking at survey (mean, 6 months later) while 28% (95% CI, 22-34%) of former smokers relapsed. Higher perceived COVID-19 risk was associated with higher odds of quitting and lower odds of relapse. Conclusions Most smokers believed that smoking increased COVID-19 risk. Smokers' responses to the pandemic varied, with increased smoking related to stress and increased quitting associated with perceived COVID-19 vulnerability.
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