Elling Jan M, Crutzen Rik, Talhout Reinskje, de Vries Hein
Department of Health Promotion, Maastricht University/CAPHRI, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
Centre for Health Protection, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, The Netherlands.
Tob Prev Cessat. 2020 Jul 1;6:39. doi: 10.18332/tpc/122753. eCollection 2020.
Tobacco smoking may increase susceptibility to and severity of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). This information may influence smoking cessation related beliefs in smokers.
Online questionnaires were answered from 26 March to 3 April 2020 in the Netherlands by 340 smokers willing to quit smoking. Beliefs regarding (quitting) smoking and (consequences of) the coronavirus are described and associations with motivation to quit due to the coronavirus are reported.
While 67.7% of the smokers indicated that the coronavirus did not influence the number of cigarettes smoked per day, 18.5% smoked less cigarettes and 13.8% smoked more cigarettes per day due to the coronavirus. One-third of the smokers were more motivated to quit smoking due to the coronavirus. Motivation to quit due to the coronavirus was positively associated with beliefs about the coronavirus as a serious threat, being at high risk of catching the coronavirus and developing severe illness, smokers being at higher risk than non-smokers, quitting smoking to reduce complaints, the social environment endorsing quitting, and perceived stress.
Subgroups of smokers may be receptive to smoking cessation advice due to COVID-19. Because of the measures taken to reduce the spread of the virus (e.g. stay at home as much as possible), personalized digital health interventions may be particularly suitable to reach smokers at home.
吸烟可能会增加感染2019冠状病毒病（COVID-19）的易感性和严重程度。这一信息可能会影响吸烟者与戒烟相关的信念。
2020年3月26日至4月3日，荷兰340名愿意戒烟的吸烟者通过在线问卷进行了回答。描述了关于（戒烟）吸烟和冠状病毒（的后果）的信念，并报告了与因冠状病毒而产生的戒烟动机的关联。
虽然67.7%的吸烟者表示冠状病毒并未影响其每天吸烟的数量，但18.5%的吸烟者因冠状病毒而减少了吸烟量，13.8%的吸烟者因冠状病毒而增加了吸烟量。三分之一的吸烟者因冠状病毒而更有动力戒烟。因冠状病毒而产生的戒烟动机与以下信念呈正相关：将冠状病毒视为严重威胁、感染冠状病毒并发展为重症的高风险、吸烟者比非吸烟者风险更高、为减少不适而戒烟、社会环境支持戒烟以及感知到的压力。
由于COVID-19，部分吸烟者群体可能愿意接受戒烟建议。由于采取了减少病毒传播的措施（例如尽可能居家），个性化数字健康干预措施可能特别适合在家中接触吸烟者。
