Characterizing Pandemic-Related Changes in Smoking Over Time in a Cohort of Current and Former Smokers.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

We used a longitudinal cohort of US adults who were current or former smokers to explore how three participant-reported factors-general stress, coronavirus disease of 2019 (COVID-19) distress, and perceived risk of complications from COVID-19 related to smoking-were associated with changes in smoking status.

Methods

Smoking status was assessed at three time points. Timepoint 1 status was assessed at a prior study completion (2018-2020). Timepoint 2 (start of the pandemic), and Timepoint 3 (early phase of the pandemic) statuses were assessed using an additional survey in 2020. After classifying participants into eight groups per these time points, we compared the means of participant-reported factors and used a linear regression model to adjust for covariates.

SUBMITTER: Nagawa CS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9383439 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature