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Alcohol and Tobacco Use in a Tuberculosis Treatment Cohort during South Africa’s COVID-19 Sales Bans: A Case Series

Background: South Africa temporarily banned alcohol and tobacco sales for about 20 weeks during the COVID-19 lockdown. We described changes in alcohol and tobacco consumption after implementation of these restrictions among a small number of participants in a tuberculosis treatment cohort. Method: T...

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Autores principales: Myers, Bronwyn, Carney, Tara, Rooney, Jennifer, Malatesta, Samantha, White, Laura F., Parry, Charles D. H., Bouton, Tara C., Ragan, Elizabeth J., Horsburgh, Charles Robert, Warren, Robin M., Jacobson, Karen R.
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8161406/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34069737
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18105449
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author Myers, Bronwyn
Carney, Tara
Rooney, Jennifer
Malatesta, Samantha
White, Laura F.
Parry, Charles D. H.
Bouton, Tara C.
Ragan, Elizabeth J.
Horsburgh, Charles Robert
Warren, Robin M.
Jacobson, Karen R.
author_facet Myers, Bronwyn
Carney, Tara
Rooney, Jennifer
Malatesta, Samantha
White, Laura F.
Parry, Charles D. H.
Bouton, Tara C.
Ragan, Elizabeth J.
Horsburgh, Charles Robert
Warren, Robin M.
Jacobson, Karen R.
author_sort Myers, Bronwyn
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description Background: South Africa temporarily banned alcohol and tobacco sales for about 20 weeks during the COVID-19 lockdown. We described changes in alcohol and tobacco consumption after implementation of these restrictions among a small number of participants in a tuberculosis treatment cohort. Method: The timeline follow-back procedure and Fägerstrom test for nicotine dependence was used to collect monthly alcohol and tobacco use information. We report changes in heavy drinking days (HDD), average amount of absolute alcohol (AA) consumed per drinking day, and cigarettes smoked daily during the alcohol and tobacco ban compared to use prior to the ban. Results: Of the 61 participants for whom we have pre-ban and within-ban alcohol use information, 17 (27.9%) reported within-ban alcohol use. On average, participants reported one less HDD per fortnight (interquartile range (IQR): −4, 1), but their amount of AA consumed increased by 37.4 g per drinking occasion (IQR: −65.9 g, 71.0 g). Of 53 participants who reported pre-ban tobacco use, 17 (32.1%) stopped smoking during the ban. The number of participants smoking >10 cigarettes per day decreased from 8 to 1. Conclusions: From these observations, we hypothesize that policies restricting alcohol and tobacco availability seem to enable some individuals to reduce their consumption. However, these appear to have little effect on the volume of AA consumed among individuals with more harmful patterns of drinking in the absence of additional behavior change interventions.
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spelling pubmed-81614062021-05-29 Alcohol and Tobacco Use in a Tuberculosis Treatment Cohort during South Africa’s COVID-19 Sales Bans: A Case Series Myers, Bronwyn Carney, Tara Rooney, Jennifer Malatesta, Samantha White, Laura F. Parry, Charles D. H. Bouton, Tara C. Ragan, Elizabeth J. Horsburgh, Charles Robert Warren, Robin M. Jacobson, Karen R. Int J Environ Res Public Health Brief Report Background: South Africa temporarily banned alcohol and tobacco sales for about 20 weeks during the COVID-19 lockdown. We described changes in alcohol and tobacco consumption after implementation of these restrictions among a small number of participants in a tuberculosis treatment cohort. Method: The timeline follow-back procedure and Fägerstrom test for nicotine dependence was used to collect monthly alcohol and tobacco use information. We report changes in heavy drinking days (HDD), average amount of absolute alcohol (AA) consumed per drinking day, and cigarettes smoked daily during the alcohol and tobacco ban compared to use prior to the ban. Results: Of the 61 participants for whom we have pre-ban and within-ban alcohol use information, 17 (27.9%) reported within-ban alcohol use. On average, participants reported one less HDD per fortnight (interquartile range (IQR): −4, 1), but their amount of AA consumed increased by 37.4 g per drinking occasion (IQR: −65.9 g, 71.0 g). Of 53 participants who reported pre-ban tobacco use, 17 (32.1%) stopped smoking during the ban. The number of participants smoking >10 cigarettes per day decreased from 8 to 1. Conclusions: From these observations, we hypothesize that policies restricting alcohol and tobacco availability seem to enable some individuals to reduce their consumption. However, these appear to have little effect on the volume of AA consumed among individuals with more harmful patterns of drinking in the absence of additional behavior change interventions. MDPI 2021-05-19 /pmc/articles/PMC8161406/ /pubmed/34069737 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18105449 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/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 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Myers, Bronwyn
Carney, Tara
Rooney, Jennifer
Malatesta, Samantha
White, Laura F.
Parry, Charles D. H.
Bouton, Tara C.
Ragan, Elizabeth J.
Horsburgh, Charles Robert
Warren, Robin M.
Jacobson, Karen R.
Alcohol and Tobacco Use in a Tuberculosis Treatment Cohort during South Africa’s COVID-19 Sales Bans: A Case Series
title Alcohol and Tobacco Use in a Tuberculosis Treatment Cohort during South Africa’s COVID-19 Sales Bans: A Case Series
title_full Alcohol and Tobacco Use in a Tuberculosis Treatment Cohort during South Africa’s COVID-19 Sales Bans: A Case Series
title_fullStr Alcohol and Tobacco Use in a Tuberculosis Treatment Cohort during South Africa’s COVID-19 Sales Bans: A Case Series
title_full_unstemmed Alcohol and Tobacco Use in a Tuberculosis Treatment Cohort during South Africa’s COVID-19 Sales Bans: A Case Series
title_short Alcohol and Tobacco Use in a Tuberculosis Treatment Cohort during South Africa’s COVID-19 Sales Bans: A Case Series
title_sort alcohol and tobacco use in a tuberculosis treatment cohort during south africa’s covid-19 sales bans: a case series
topic Brief Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8161406/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34069737
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18105449
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