Our perception may not be reality: A longitudinal study of the relationship between perceived and actual change in smoking behavior.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Results of the impact of lockdowns and stay-at-home orders during the COVID-19 pandemic on changes in cigarette smoking are mixed. Previous studies examining smoking changes during the early stages of the pandemic in 2020 have mainly focused on smoker's perception of changes in cigarette consumption. Such measure has not been widely used in other contexts, and therefore we aim to compare the discrepancy between smokers' perceived changes in cigarette smoking and the actual change in the number of cigarettes smoked, using repeated measurements.

Methods

We included 134 smokers from the French TEMPO cohort with repeated measurements of their perceived changes in smoking habits during the first phase of the COVID-19 pandemic and the number of cigarettes smoked repea

SUBMITTER: Andersen AJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10984459 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature