Zvolensky Michael J, Clausen Bryce K, Thai Jessica M, Wein Perel Y, Redmond Brooke Y, Weinberger Andrea H, Viana Andres G
Department of Psychology, University of Houston, Houston, USA.
Department of Behavioral Science, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, USA.
J Racial Ethn Health Disparities. 2025 Jul 17. doi: 10.1007/s40615-025-02553-z.
Hispanic persons, the largest minority population in the United States (US), are disproportionately affected by cigarette smoking (hereafter smoking) health disparities. This inequity was made more prominent during COVID-19, as pandemic stress and worry increased substance use disparities.
The present study sought to evaluate if COVID-19 worry was associated with increased risk of (negative and positive) smoking abstinence expectancies among Spanish-speaking Hispanic adults who smoke during the pandemic (February 2021-July 2021).
Participants identified as Hispanic and smoked combustible cigarettes daily (N = 336; 62.8% male, 35.5 years).
A cross-sectional research design was employed in the US using scientifically validated instruments.
In adjusted models, greater degrees of COVID-19 worry were positively associated with negative mood, somatic symptom, and harmful consequences abstinence expectancies. Further, COVID-19 worry was negatively related to positive abstinence expectancies. The effect sizes across models were generally similar in magnitude and ranged from 9 to 12% of variance, with the largest effect observed for positive abstinence expectancies.
The present research highlights the role of COVID-19 worry as an individual difference factor that can help explain abstinence-based cognitions for smoking behavior during time periods when there is widespread viral contagion.
西班牙裔是美国最大的少数族裔群体，在吸烟（以下简称吸烟）导致的健康差异方面受到的影响尤为严重。在新冠疫情期间，这种不平等现象更加突出，因为疫情带来的压力和担忧加剧了物质使用方面的差异。
本研究旨在评估在疫情期间（2021年2月至2021年7月），新冠疫情担忧是否与讲西班牙语的西班牙裔吸烟成年人中（消极和积极的）戒烟预期风险增加有关。
被认定为西班牙裔且每天吸食可燃香烟的参与者（N = 336；男性占62.8%，平均年龄35.5岁）。
在美国采用横断面研究设计，并使用经过科学验证的工具。
在调整后的模型中，更高程度的新冠疫情担忧与消极情绪、躯体症状以及有害后果戒烟预期呈正相关。此外，新冠疫情担忧与积极戒烟预期呈负相关。各模型中的效应大小在幅度上总体相似，变异范围为9%至12%，其中积极戒烟预期的效应最大。
本研究强调了新冠疫情担忧作为个体差异因素的作用，它有助于解释在病毒广泛传播期间基于戒烟的吸烟行为认知。
