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Tobacco Quit Intentions and Behaviors among Cigar Smokers in the United States in Response to COVID-19
Combustible tobacco users appear to be at greater risk for serious complications from COVID-19. This study examined cigar smokers’ perceived risk of COVID-19, quit intentions, and behaviors during the current pandemic. We conducted an online study between 23 April 2020 to 7 May 2020, as part of an o...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7432467/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32722469 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17155368 |
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author | Kowitt, Sarah D. Cornacchione Ross, Jennifer Jarman, Kristen L. Kistler, Christine E. Lazard, Allison J. Ranney, Leah M. Sheeran, Paschal Thrasher, James F. Goldstein, Adam O. |
author_facet | Kowitt, Sarah D. Cornacchione Ross, Jennifer Jarman, Kristen L. Kistler, Christine E. Lazard, Allison J. Ranney, Leah M. Sheeran, Paschal Thrasher, James F. Goldstein, Adam O. |
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description | Combustible tobacco users appear to be at greater risk for serious complications from COVID-19. This study examined cigar smokers’ perceived risk of COVID-19, quit intentions, and behaviors during the current pandemic. We conducted an online study between 23 April 2020 to 7 May 2020, as part of an ongoing study examining perceptions of different health effects of cigars. All participants used cigars in the past 30 days (n = 777). Three-quarters of the sample (76.0%) perceived they had a higher risk of complications from COVID-19 compared to non-smokers. The majority of participants (70.8%) intended to quit in the next six months due to COVID-19, and almost half of the sample (46.5%) reported making a quit attempt since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Far more participants reported increasing their tobacco use since COVID-19 started (40.9%) vs. decreasing their tobacco use (17.8%). Black or African American participants, participants who reported using a quitline, and participants with higher COVID-19 risk perceptions had higher intentions to quit using tobacco due to COVID-19, and higher odds of making a quit attempt since COVID-19 started. More research is needed to understand how tobacco users are perceiving COVID-19 risks and changing their tobacco use behaviors. |
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spelling | pubmed-74324672020-08-24 Tobacco Quit Intentions and Behaviors among Cigar Smokers in the United States in Response to COVID-19 Kowitt, Sarah D. Cornacchione Ross, Jennifer Jarman, Kristen L. Kistler, Christine E. Lazard, Allison J. Ranney, Leah M. Sheeran, Paschal Thrasher, James F. Goldstein, Adam O. Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Combustible tobacco users appear to be at greater risk for serious complications from COVID-19. This study examined cigar smokers’ perceived risk of COVID-19, quit intentions, and behaviors during the current pandemic. We conducted an online study between 23 April 2020 to 7 May 2020, as part of an ongoing study examining perceptions of different health effects of cigars. All participants used cigars in the past 30 days (n = 777). Three-quarters of the sample (76.0%) perceived they had a higher risk of complications from COVID-19 compared to non-smokers. The majority of participants (70.8%) intended to quit in the next six months due to COVID-19, and almost half of the sample (46.5%) reported making a quit attempt since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Far more participants reported increasing their tobacco use since COVID-19 started (40.9%) vs. decreasing their tobacco use (17.8%). Black or African American participants, participants who reported using a quitline, and participants with higher COVID-19 risk perceptions had higher intentions to quit using tobacco due to COVID-19, and higher odds of making a quit attempt since COVID-19 started. More research is needed to understand how tobacco users are perceiving COVID-19 risks and changing their tobacco use behaviors. MDPI 2020-07-25 2020-08 /pmc/articles/PMC7432467/ /pubmed/32722469 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17155368 Text en © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Kowitt, Sarah D. Cornacchione Ross, Jennifer Jarman, Kristen L. Kistler, Christine E. Lazard, Allison J. Ranney, Leah M. Sheeran, Paschal Thrasher, James F. Goldstein, Adam O. Tobacco Quit Intentions and Behaviors among Cigar Smokers in the United States in Response to COVID-19 |
title | Tobacco Quit Intentions and Behaviors among Cigar Smokers in the United States in Response to COVID-19 |
title_full | Tobacco Quit Intentions and Behaviors among Cigar Smokers in the United States in Response to COVID-19 |
title_fullStr | Tobacco Quit Intentions and Behaviors among Cigar Smokers in the United States in Response to COVID-19 |
title_full_unstemmed | Tobacco Quit Intentions and Behaviors among Cigar Smokers in the United States in Response to COVID-19 |
title_short | Tobacco Quit Intentions and Behaviors among Cigar Smokers in the United States in Response to COVID-19 |
title_sort | tobacco quit intentions and behaviors among cigar smokers in the united states in response to covid-19 |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7432467/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32722469 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17155368 |
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