Abstract P461: Changes in Cigarette Smoking Patterns During the COVID-19 Pandemic: The C4R Study
| Autor: | Pallavi Balte, Yifei Sun, Asma Sharaf, Akshaya Krishnaswamy, Alexander Arynchyn, Elizabeth A Regan, Vasan S Ramachandran, David Schwartz, Wendy S Post, Alka M Kanaya, Mitchell Elkind, Virginia J Howard, Victor Ortega, Prescott Woodruff, Shelley Cole, Elizabeth C Oelsner |
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| Rok vydání: | 2023 |
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| Zdroj: | Circulation. 147 |
| ISSN: | 1524-4539 0009-7322 |
| Popis: | Rationale: The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on tobacco use patterns remains incompletely understood. We aimed to examine changes in cigarette smoking patterns over the first 2 years of the COVID-19 pandemic (2020-22) in a large, multiethnic, US community-based sample. Methods: The Collaborative Cohort of Cohorts for COVID-19 Research (C4R) ascertained the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on participants from 14 longitudinal NIH-funded cohorts via 2 waves of standardized questionnaires conducted 2020-22. The C4R questionnaire collected data on cigarette use patterns for the current and immediate pre-pandemic periods (January-March 2020). These data were used to define pandemic-era smoking initiation, smoking cessation, and changes in smoking intensity. Multivariable logistic regression models were adjusted for centrally harmonized pre-pandemic data on sociodemographic characteristics, remote smoking history, and co-morbidities and pandemic-era psychological health, insomnia, and SARS-CoV-2 infection history ascertained through C4R questionnaires. Multiple imputation by chained equations was used to account for missing covariate data. Results: Of 17179 participants completing C4R questions on pandemic-era smoking behaviors, 1899 (11%) participants reported current smoking in the immediate pre-pandemic period (mean age 70 years, 59% women, 31% African American, 2% Hispanic, 1% Asian, 22% American Indian/Alaskan Native [AIAN]). Of these 181 (10%) self-reported quitting during the pandemic. Among 1718 (90%) who continued smoking, smoking intensity increased in 17% and decreased in 26%. Among 15093 participants who were not smoking prior to March 2020, 135 (0.9%) initiated smoking during the pandemic period, including 120 (89%) with a remote history of smoking and 15 (11%) with no history of smoking. Pandemic-era smoking cessation was associated with older age(80+ years vs Conclusion: Greater odds of smoking initiation and/or increased smoking intensity were observed in minoritized groups and participants reporting depressive symptoms. Majority of those who initiated smoking during pandemic-era were relapsers. Smoking cessation programs remain important to improving public health and reducing health disparities. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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