Association between smoking status and changes in health behaviours during the COVID-19 lockdown: a cross-sectional study in Israel.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To explore the association between smoking status (current vs former), changes in smoking habits (among current smokers only) and negative changes in dietary and physical activity habits during the initial COVID-19 lockdown in Israel.

Design

A secondary analysis of an online cross-sectional study (6 April 2020 to 28 April 2020). Dependent variables included deteriorations in dietary habits score and odds of reporting worsening of physical activity habits during the first COVID-19 lockdown. The study analysed the association between these variables and 'smoking status' (current vs former) and, within smokers, changes in smoking habits, using multivariate logistic and linear regression models. For changes in physical activity habits, there was a significant interact

SUBMITTER: Cleiman M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11966942 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature