Changes in prevalence and sociodemographic correlates of tobacco and nicotine use in Finland during the COVID-19 pandemic.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic on tobacco and nicotine use remains debated. We examined whether the prevalence of tobacco and nicotine use and nicotine-replacement therapy (NRT) changed during the COVID-19 pandemic and whether changes differed by sociodemographic groups.

Methods

Repeated cross-sectional study of three national surveys in Finland (2018, 2019 and 2020; n = 58 526 adults aged 20 and over). Outcomes were daily and occasional smoking, smokeless tobacco (snus) use, e-cigarettes use, total tobacco or nicotine use and NRT use. We examined changes for each outcome by sex, age, educational tertiles, marital status, mother tongue and social participation.

Results

Daily smoking decreased among males by 1.15 percentage po

SUBMITTER: Pena S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10567130 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature