Preliminary impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on smoking and vaping in college students

Sokolovsky, Alexander W.; Hertel, Andrew W.; Micalizzi, Lauren; White, Helene Raskin; Hayes, Kerri L.; Jackson, Kristina M.

doi:10.1016/j.addbeh.2020.106783

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“…An analysis of mostly non-daily dual cigarette and e-cigarette users found that approximately 30% increased their product use while others reduced use [22]. Among college students, campus closures related to COVID-19 were associated with reduced tobacco use frequency (i.e., days) but not actual quantity [23]. Finally, a multi-country study that included the U.S. found that there was a stronger desire to quit smoking or vaping if someone had a direct experience with COVID-19, such as someone in their household testing positive [24].…”

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Tobacco Use Changes and Perceived Health Risks among Current Tobacco Users during the COVID-19 Pandemic

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Krebs

Bordner

et al. 2021

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COVID-19 has become a global pandemic, with over 81 million cases worldwide. To assess changes in tobacco use as a result of the pandemic, we surveyed a convenience sample of current tobacco users between April and June 2020. The sample was taken from a tobacco user research registry (n = 3396) from the Penn State College of Medicine in Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA. Participants who responded to the survey and were eligible for this study (n = 291) were 25.6% male, 93% white, and had a mean age of 47.3 (SD = 11.6) years. There were no reports of participants testing positive for COVID-19, but 21.7% reported experiencing symptoms associated with the virus. Most participants (67%) believed that their risk of contracting COVID-19 was the same as non-tobacco users, but 57.7% believed that their risk of serious complications, if infected, was greater compared to non-tobacco users. A total of 28% reported increasing their cigarette use during the pandemic. The most common reasons for increased use were increased stress, more time at home, and boredom while quarantined. Nearly 15% reported decreasing their tobacco use. The most common reasons for reduced use were health concerns and more time around non-smokers (including children). A total of 71 (24.5%) users reported making a quit attempt. Characterizing these pandemic-related changes in tobacco use may be important to understanding the full scope of subsequent health outcomes resulting from the pandemic. Tobacco cessation resources should be tailored to allow for safe, appropriate access for those interested in quitting.

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Tobacco Use Changes and Perceived Health Risks among Current Tobacco Users during the COVID-19 Pandemic

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Krebs

Bordner

et al. 2021

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“…Increased smoking was more likely among younger adults, those who lived alone, those with less education, and those without employment [ 10 ]. In a U.S. study, college students who smoked prior to pandemic-related campus closure reported significantly fewer smoking days during campus closure, and more than one quarter of them paused their tobacco use entirely [ 11 ]. In a small study of older adults, 27.6% reported increased and 20.7% decreased smoking [ 12 ].…”

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Perceived Susceptibility to and Seriousness of COVID-19: Associations of Risk Perceptions with Changes in Smoking Behavior

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Henriksen

Schleicher

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During the COVID-19 pandemic, studies have documented increased and decreased cigarette smoking among adults. Individual differences in the perceived susceptibility and seriousness of the virus, for people who smoke in general and for oneself personally, may relate to changes in smoking. Using the Health Belief Model (HBM) as a theoretical framework, we examined associations with self-reported increasing and decreasing smoking a lot during the COVID-19 stay-at-home period. Adults in 30 large U.S. cities who smoked cigarettes daily completed an online survey between 14 July and 30 November 2020. The analytic sample (N = 2768) was 54.0% male and 68.3% white with 23.7% reporting increasing and 11.3% decreasing smoking (6% reported both). Younger age, a diagnosis of COVID-19, and greater pandemic-related stress were associated with greater odds of both increased and decreased smoking. Increased smoking also was associated with heavier nicotine dependence, greater desire to quit, and greater perceived susceptibility and lower perceived seriousness of COVID-19 for people who smoke, while pandemic-related job-loss, lower nicotine dependence, and greater self-efficacy were associated with decreased smoking. Among respondents who had not contracted COVID-19 (n = 2418), correlates were similar with the addition of greater perceived personal susceptibility to COVID-19 associated with both increased and decreased smoking, while greater perceived personal seriousness of COVID-19 was associated with increased smoking. Findings for risk perceptions were largely in directions that contradict the HBM. Circumstances surrounding behavior change during the pandemic are complex and may be especially complex for nicotine addiction.

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“…De acordo com o estudo realizado por Sokolovsky et al (2021), em que examinaram as mudanças no uso do tabaco em estudantes universitários jovens adultos no contexto da pandemia COVID-19, com foco no fumo e na vaporização, foi observado que maior ansiedade e mudança de casa (versus viver de forma independente) estava relacionada a maior chance de pausa no hábito; enquanto COVID-19 relacionada a exposição e busca por notícias foram relacionadas a menores chances de pausar esse hábito ruim. Em um estudo realizado na Inglaterra, após o lockdown promovido pela COVID-19 durante um período do ano de 2021, observou-se que esse momento não foi associado a uma mudança significativa na prevalência de tabagismo (17% depois X 15,9% antes do lockdown), mas foi associado com aumentos nas tentativas de abandono (39,6 versus 29,1%), sucesso de abandono (21,3 versus 13,9%) e cessação (8,8 versus 4,1%) entre os fumantes em 2020 (Jackson et al, 2021).…”

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Correlação entre pandemias: Tabagismo e a COVID-19

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O hábito de fumar ou tabagismo, é algo comum desde os primórdios da humanidade. Compartilhar qualquer uma das diferentes formas de consumo de tabaco aumentam a via de transmissão do SARS-CoV-2. Além disso, a pandemia da COVID-19 tornou obrigatório o distanciamento social, muitas famílias dentro de casa, obrigou pessoas que não fumam a conviver com fumantes, tornando-as mais vulneráveis ao tabagismo passivo e, consequentemente a gravidade da COVID-19. O presente estudo tem como objetivo evidenciar a relação entre o tabagismo e a COVID-19. Foi realizada uma revisão integrativa de literatura a partir de estudos originais obtidos nas bases de dados SciELO, PubMed, Google Acadêmico e LILACS. O tabagismo e a COVID-19 são duas pandemias que podem ser associadas. O hábito de fumar se constitui como o principal fator de risco para doenças e infecções respiratórias graves, devido as mudanças estruturais no trato respiratório e a redução da resposta imune. É muito importante monitorar a iniciação do tabagismo, principalmente entre os jovens, por essa ser uma ação passível de prevenção. O tabagismo é um hábito que contribui para a transmissão, infecção e agravamento da COVID-19.

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Preliminary impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on smoking and vaping in college students

Cited by 64 publications

References 18 publications

Tobacco Use Changes and Perceived Health Risks among Current Tobacco Users during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Tobacco Use Changes and Perceived Health Risks among Current Tobacco Users during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Perceived Susceptibility to and Seriousness of COVID-19: Associations of Risk Perceptions with Changes in Smoking Behavior

Correlação entre pandemias: Tabagismo e a COVID-19

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