Publications

Authors:

Munarini, Elena; Stival, Chiara; Boffi, Roberto; Lugoboni, Fabio; Veronese, Chiara; Tinghino, Biagio; Agnelli, Gianna Maria; Lugo, Alessandra; Gallus, Silvano; Giordano, Rosaria

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Title:

Factors associated with a change in smoking habit during the first COVID-19 lockdown: an Italian cross-sectional study among ever-smokers

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Year:

2022

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Type of item:

Articolo in Rivista

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Tipologia ANVUR:

Articolo su rivista

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Language:

Inglese

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Format:

Elettronico

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Referee:

Sì

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Name of journal:

BMC PUBLIC HEALTH

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ISSN of journal:

1471-2458

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N° Volume:

22

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Number or Folder:

1046

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BIOMED CENTRAL LTD, MIDDLESEX HOUSE, 34-42 CLEVELAND ST, LONDON, ENGLAND, W1T 4LB

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Page numbers:

1-15

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Keyword:

COVID-19; Pandemics; Psychological stress; Smoke; Smoking cessation; Tobacco use disorder

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Short description of contents:

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic and the lockdown period lasted from March to May 2020, resulted in a highly stressful situation yielding different negative health consequences, including the worsening of smoking habit. Methods: A web-based cross-sectional study on a convenient sample of 1013 Italian ever smokers aged 18 years or more was conducted. Data were derived from surveys compiled by three different groups of people: subjects belonging to Smoking Cessation Services, Healthcare Providers and Nursing Sciences' students. All institutions were from Northern Italy. The primary outcome self-reported worsening (relapse or increase) or improvement (quit or reduce) of smoking habit during lockdown period. Multiple unconditional (for worsening) and multinomial (for improving) logistic regressions were carried out. Results: Among 962 participants, 56.0% were ex-smokers. Overall, 13.2% of ex-smokers before lockdown reported relapsing and 32.7% of current smokers increasing cigarette intake. Among current smokers before lockdown, 10.1% quit smoking and 13.5% decreased cigarette intake. Out of 7 selected stressors related to COVID-19, four were significantly related to relapse (OR for the highest vs. the lowest tertile ranging between 2.24 and 3.62): fear of being infected and getting sick; fear of dying due to the virus; anxiety in listening to news of the epidemic; sense of powerlessness in protecting oneself from contagion. In addition to these stressors, even the other 3 stressors were related with increasing cigarette intensity (OR ranging between 1.90 and 4.18): sense of powerlessness in protecting loved ones from contagion; fear of losing loved ones due to virus; fear of infecting other. Conclusion: The lockdown during the COVID-19 pandemic was associated with both self-reported relapse or increase smoking habit and also quitting or reduction of it.

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Web page:

https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-022-13404-5

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Product ID:

127067

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Handle IRIS:

11562/1066447

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Last Modified:

November 28, 2022

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Bibliographic citation:

Munarini, Elena; Stival, Chiara; Boffi, Roberto; Lugoboni, Fabio; Veronese, Chiara; Tinghino, Biagio; Agnelli, Gianna Maria; Lugo, Alessandra; Gallus, Silvano; Giordano, Rosaria, Factors associated with a change in smoking habit during the first COVID-19 lockdown: an Italian cross-sectional study among ever-smokers «BMC PUBLIC HEALTH» , vol. 22 , n. 1046 , 2022 , pp. 1-15

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