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The COVID-19 Pandemic and Smoking Cessation—A Real-Time Data Analysis from the Polish National Quitline
Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, tobacco research has delivered new evidence on the harmfulness of smoking in the context of SARS-CoV-2 infection and the course of the COVID-19 disease. More and more research proves that smoking is an important risk factor contributing to increased risk...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8872255/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35206205 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19042016 |
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author | Koczkodaj, Paweł Cedzyńska, Magdalena Przepiórka, Irena Przewoźniak, Krzysztof Gliwska, Elwira Ciuba, Agata Didkowska, Joanna Mańczuk, Marta |
author_facet | Koczkodaj, Paweł Cedzyńska, Magdalena Przepiórka, Irena Przewoźniak, Krzysztof Gliwska, Elwira Ciuba, Agata Didkowska, Joanna Mańczuk, Marta |
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description | Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, tobacco research has delivered new evidence on the harmfulness of smoking in the context of SARS-CoV-2 infection and the course of the COVID-19 disease. More and more research proves that smoking is an important risk factor contributing to increased risk of mortality among COVID-19 patients. The aim of this study was to assess whether and how the COVID-19 pandemic impacted decisions about quitting smoking. A total of 4072 records of anonymized data were obtained from the Polish National Quitline. Between 15 April 2020 and 31 May 2021, the callers were asked about the COVID-19 pandemic and its influence on their decisions on smoking continuation or cessation. Our results indicate that smokers are very receptive to communication concerning COVID-19 and smoking risk. This phenomenon can possibly be connected to the immediate potential health consequences of smoking and COVID-19 virus infection. Results may indicate that putting emphasis on arguments combined with short-term health consequences of smoking may result in better outcomes in smoking cessation. There is a need for further and constant education on tobacco-related health harm. Our results showed that an irregular and mass communication on health consequences may result in high effectiveness in smoking cessation. |
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spelling | pubmed-88722552022-02-25 The COVID-19 Pandemic and Smoking Cessation—A Real-Time Data Analysis from the Polish National Quitline Koczkodaj, Paweł Cedzyńska, Magdalena Przepiórka, Irena Przewoźniak, Krzysztof Gliwska, Elwira Ciuba, Agata Didkowska, Joanna Mańczuk, Marta Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, tobacco research has delivered new evidence on the harmfulness of smoking in the context of SARS-CoV-2 infection and the course of the COVID-19 disease. More and more research proves that smoking is an important risk factor contributing to increased risk of mortality among COVID-19 patients. The aim of this study was to assess whether and how the COVID-19 pandemic impacted decisions about quitting smoking. A total of 4072 records of anonymized data were obtained from the Polish National Quitline. Between 15 April 2020 and 31 May 2021, the callers were asked about the COVID-19 pandemic and its influence on their decisions on smoking continuation or cessation. Our results indicate that smokers are very receptive to communication concerning COVID-19 and smoking risk. This phenomenon can possibly be connected to the immediate potential health consequences of smoking and COVID-19 virus infection. Results may indicate that putting emphasis on arguments combined with short-term health consequences of smoking may result in better outcomes in smoking cessation. There is a need for further and constant education on tobacco-related health harm. Our results showed that an irregular and mass communication on health consequences may result in high effectiveness in smoking cessation. MDPI 2022-02-11 /pmc/articles/PMC8872255/ /pubmed/35206205 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19042016 Text en © 2022 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/). |
spellingShingle | Article Koczkodaj, Paweł Cedzyńska, Magdalena Przepiórka, Irena Przewoźniak, Krzysztof Gliwska, Elwira Ciuba, Agata Didkowska, Joanna Mańczuk, Marta The COVID-19 Pandemic and Smoking Cessation—A Real-Time Data Analysis from the Polish National Quitline |
title | The COVID-19 Pandemic and Smoking Cessation—A Real-Time Data Analysis from the Polish National Quitline |
title_full | The COVID-19 Pandemic and Smoking Cessation—A Real-Time Data Analysis from the Polish National Quitline |
title_fullStr | The COVID-19 Pandemic and Smoking Cessation—A Real-Time Data Analysis from the Polish National Quitline |
title_full_unstemmed | The COVID-19 Pandemic and Smoking Cessation—A Real-Time Data Analysis from the Polish National Quitline |
title_short | The COVID-19 Pandemic and Smoking Cessation—A Real-Time Data Analysis from the Polish National Quitline |
title_sort | covid-19 pandemic and smoking cessation—a real-time data analysis from the polish national quitline |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8872255/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35206205 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19042016 |
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