The Perceived Impact of COVID-19 among Treatment-Seeking Smokers: A Mixed Methods Approach.

ABSTRACT: The consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic on behavioral health, including tobacco use, are not fully known. The current study sought to measure the perceived impact of COVID-19 and the resulting stay-at-home orders in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Buffalo, New York on smokers enrolled in four smoking cessation trials between March 2020 and July 2020. The survey collected quantitative data regarding life changes due to COVID-19, health/exposure status, and the impact on their cessation attempt (e.g., motivation to quit, change in triggers). The questionnaire collected qualitative data to better understand how such changes could explain changes in smoking behavior. Of the 42 participants surveyed, approximately half indicated that COVID-19 changed their motivation and ability to quit or rem

SUBMITTER: Rosoff-Verbit Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7826630 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature