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Changes in substance use among young adults during a respiratory disease pandemic.
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31 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 52 citations in OpenAlex.
- Alcohol Consumption During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Critical Review.Human psychopharmacology · 2025Pooled it
- Impact of COVID-19 lockdown on smoking and vaping: systematic review and meta-analysis.Public health · 2023Pooled it
- The impact of COVID-19 lockdown on snacking habits, fast-food and alcohol consumption: A systematic review of the evidence.Clinical nutrition (Edinburgh, Scotland) · 2022Pooled it
- Changes in alcohol use during COVID-19 and associations with contextual and individual difference variables: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors · 2022Pooled it
- Change in alcohol consumption during the Covid-19 pandemic and associations with mental health and financial hardship: results from a survey of Wisconsin patients with cancer.Journal of cancer survivorship : research and practice · 2025Article
- Social Media Exposure and Other Correlates of Increased e-Cigarette Use Among Adolescents During Remote Schooling: Cross-Sectional Study.JMIR pediatrics and parenting · 2024Article
- Two-part models identifying predictors of cigarette, e-cigarette, and cannabis use and change in use over time among young adults in the US.The American journal on addictions · 2024Article
- Cannabis use among adolescents and young adults during the COVID-19 pandemic: A systematic review.Drug and alcohol dependence reports · 2024Review
- Race/ethnic differences in the association of anxiety, depression, and discrimination with subsequent nicotine and cannabis use among young adults: A prospective longitudinal study.Addictive behaviors · 2024Article
- Vaping Behavior in Young Adults During the COVID-19 Pandemic.Respiratory care · 2023Article
- Changes in self-reported cannabis use during the COVID-19 pandemic: a scoping review.BMC public health · 2023Article
- Substance Use among Emerging Adults during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Review through the Lens of Sustainable Development Goals.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Review
- Increased coping motives during the COVID-19 pandemic widen cannabis disparities between sexual minoritized and nonminoritized young adults: A bimonthly assessment of data preceding and spanning the pandemic.Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors · 2023Article
- Alcohol Misuse Among Youth Living With and at High Risk for Acquiring HIV During the COVID-19 Stay-at-Home Orders: A Study in Los Angeles and New Orleans.Alcohol and alcoholism (Oxford, Oxfordshire) · 2023Article
- Association between mental health symptoms and behavioral performance in younger vs. older online workers.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Article
- American Veterans in the Era of COVID-19: Reactions to the Pandemic, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, and Substance Use Behaviors.International journal of mental health and addiction · 2023Article
- Bidirectional associations between depressive symptoms and cigarette, e-cigarette, cannabis, and alcohol use: Cross-lagged panel analyses among young adults before and during COVID-19.Addictive behaviors · 2022Article
- Trends in Substance Use and Abuse During COVID-19 Among the General Population.Addiction & health · 2022Review
- A Scoping Review on the Medical and Recreational Use of Cannabis During the COVID-19 Pandemic.Cannabis and cannabinoid research · 2022Article
- Changes in marijuana and nicotine vaping perceptions and use behaviors among young adults since the COVID-19 pandemic: A qualitative study.Addictive behaviors reports · 2022Article
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4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
backgroundNews articles, commentaries, and opinion articles have suggested that ongoing social distancing measures coupled with economic challenges during COVID-19 may worsen stress, affective state, and substance use across the globe. We sought to advance our understanding of the differences between individuals who change their substance use patterns during a public health crisis and those who do not.
methodsCross-sectional survey of young adults (18-25 years of age) assessing respondent characteristics and vaping, tobacco, alcohol, and/or marijuana use. We calculated prevalence estimates, prevalence changes, and prevalence ratios with associated 95% confidence intervals and looked for differences with the chi-square test.
resultsOf the total sample, 53.2% (
conclusionSelf-reported substance use among young adults was observed to change during a pandemic, and the degree of loneliness appears to impact these changes. Innovative strategies are needed to address loneliness, anxiety, depression, and substance use during global health crises that impact social contact.
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