Tobacco consumption behavior change during the COVID-19 pandemic is associated with perceived COVID threat.

ABSTRACT:

Rationale

Tobacco use is a risk factor for COVID-19 adverse outcomes. Despite health implications, data conflict regarding COVID-19 and tobacco consumption. We present results from a survey of health behaviors during the pandemic to identify how COVID-19 influenced tobacco use.

Methods

A national internet-based survey was deployed between May-September 2020. We analyzed participants who reported current or former smoking. We tabulated change in tobacco use, whether changes related to COVID-19, and measures of anxiety, depression, and novel perceived COVID-19 threat scale. We employed multinomial logistic regression to determine associations between these items and tobacco consumption.

Results

We identified 500 respondents who reported ever smoking previously, 150 of w

SUBMITTER: Loui HF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10350210 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature