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Smokers’ cognitive and behavioural reactions during the early phase of the COVID-19 pandemic: Findings from the 2020 ITC Four Country Smoking and Vaping Survey

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  • Shannon Gravely
  • Lorraine V Craig
  • K Michael Cummings
  • Janine Ouimet
  • Ruth Loewen
  • Nadia Martin
  • Janet Chung-Hall
  • Pete Driezen
  • Sara C Hitchman
  • Ann McNeill
  • Andrew Hyland
  • Anne C K Quah
  • Richard J O’Connor
  • Ron Borland
  • Mary E Thompson
  • Christian Boudreau
  • Geoffrey T Fong

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Introduction: COVID-19 is primarily a respiratory illness, and smoking adversely impacts the respiratory and immune systems; this confluence may therefore incentivize smokers to quit. The present study, conducted in four high-income countries during the first global wave of COVID-19, examined the association between COVID-19 and: (1) thoughts about quitting smoking; (2) changes in smoking (quit attempt, reduced or increased smoking, or no change); and (3) factors related to a positive change (making a quit attempt or reducing smoking) based on an adapted framework of the Health Belief Model. Methods: This cross-sectional study included 6870 adult smokers participating in the Wave 3 (2020) ITC Four Country Smoking and Vaping Survey conducted in Australia, Canada, England, and United States (US). These four countries had varying responses to the pandemic by governments and public health, ranging from advising voluntary social distancing to implementing national and subnational staged lockdowns. Considering these varying responses, and the differences in the number of confirmed cases and deaths (greatest in England and the US and lowest in Australia), smoking behaviours related to COVID-19 may have differed between countries. Other factors that may be related to changes in smoking because of COVID-19 were also explored (e.g., sociodemographics, nicotine dependence, perceptions about personal and general risks of smoking on COVID-19). Regression analyses were conducted on weighted data. Results: Overall, 46.7% of smokers reported thinking about quitting because of COVID-19, which differed by country (p

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  • Shannon Gravely & Lorraine V Craig & K Michael Cummings & Janine Ouimet & Ruth Loewen & Nadia Martin & Janet Chung-Hall & Pete Driezen & Sara C Hitchman & Ann McNeill & Andrew Hyland & Anne C K Quah &, 2021. "Smokers’ cognitive and behavioural reactions during the early phase of the COVID-19 pandemic: Findings from the 2020 ITC Four Country Smoking and Vaping Survey," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 16(6), pages 1-23, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0252427
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0252427
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