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Barriers Against and Motivations for Quitting Smoking during the COVID-19 Health Crisis: Results of a Qualitative Study in France

The COVID-19 epidemic and its psychological, economic and social consequences could have an impact on the evolution of tobacco-smoking prevalence and attitudes towards quitting. The aim of this study is to analyse the specific characteristics of the motivations for and barriers against smoking cessa...

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Autores principales: Guignard, Romain, Quatremère, Guillemette, Pasquereau, Anne, Jartoux, Cécile, Salvaing, Laure, Caline, Guillaume, Beck, François, Nguyen Thanh, Viêt
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Publicado: MDPI 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9602125/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36293628
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192013051
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author Guignard, Romain
Quatremère, Guillemette
Pasquereau, Anne
Jartoux, Cécile
Salvaing, Laure
Caline, Guillaume
Beck, François
Nguyen Thanh, Viêt
author_facet Guignard, Romain
Quatremère, Guillemette
Pasquereau, Anne
Jartoux, Cécile
Salvaing, Laure
Caline, Guillaume
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description The COVID-19 epidemic and its psychological, economic and social consequences could have an impact on the evolution of tobacco-smoking prevalence and attitudes towards quitting. The aim of this study is to analyse the specific characteristics of the motivations for and barriers against smoking cessation in this period. The study is based on qualitative data collected from late 2020 to early 2021 in France from 89 smokers with a low or intermediate socio-economic level. Among the motivations for quitting smoking, health concerns and the financial cost of cigarettes carried increased importance among the smokers in this period. Inversely, perceived stress, isolation, and a lack of social or healthcare support prevented some smokers from attempting to quit. These results are useful for explaining the evolution of smoking prevalence and preparing future interventions in the context of the health crisis and its aftermath. They highlight the relevance of educational messages, of the promotion of validated smoking-cessation aids and, in particular, remote support, as well as the implementation of community-based actions.
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spelling pubmed-96021252022-10-27 Barriers Against and Motivations for Quitting Smoking during the COVID-19 Health Crisis: Results of a Qualitative Study in France Guignard, Romain Quatremère, Guillemette Pasquereau, Anne Jartoux, Cécile Salvaing, Laure Caline, Guillaume Beck, François Nguyen Thanh, Viêt Int J Environ Res Public Health Article The COVID-19 epidemic and its psychological, economic and social consequences could have an impact on the evolution of tobacco-smoking prevalence and attitudes towards quitting. The aim of this study is to analyse the specific characteristics of the motivations for and barriers against smoking cessation in this period. The study is based on qualitative data collected from late 2020 to early 2021 in France from 89 smokers with a low or intermediate socio-economic level. Among the motivations for quitting smoking, health concerns and the financial cost of cigarettes carried increased importance among the smokers in this period. Inversely, perceived stress, isolation, and a lack of social or healthcare support prevented some smokers from attempting to quit. These results are useful for explaining the evolution of smoking prevalence and preparing future interventions in the context of the health crisis and its aftermath. They highlight the relevance of educational messages, of the promotion of validated smoking-cessation aids and, in particular, remote support, as well as the implementation of community-based actions. MDPI 2022-10-11 /pmc/articles/PMC9602125/ /pubmed/36293628 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192013051 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/).
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Nguyen Thanh, Viêt
Barriers Against and Motivations for Quitting Smoking during the COVID-19 Health Crisis: Results of a Qualitative Study in France
title Barriers Against and Motivations for Quitting Smoking during the COVID-19 Health Crisis: Results of a Qualitative Study in France
title_full Barriers Against and Motivations for Quitting Smoking during the COVID-19 Health Crisis: Results of a Qualitative Study in France
title_fullStr Barriers Against and Motivations for Quitting Smoking during the COVID-19 Health Crisis: Results of a Qualitative Study in France
title_full_unstemmed Barriers Against and Motivations for Quitting Smoking during the COVID-19 Health Crisis: Results of a Qualitative Study in France
title_short Barriers Against and Motivations for Quitting Smoking during the COVID-19 Health Crisis: Results of a Qualitative Study in France
title_sort barriers against and motivations for quitting smoking during the covid-19 health crisis: results of a qualitative study in france
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9602125/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36293628
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192013051
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