ArticleAddictive behaviors reports2020
Exploring changes in cigar smoking patterns and motivations to quit cigars among black young adults in the time of COVID-19.
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- Exploring the Influence of E-cigarette Ad Features on Perceived Product Appeal and Use Interest Among Young Adults of Varying Tobacco-Use Behaviors.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2024Article
- Exploring the COVID-19 Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices (KAPs) in the Black Community: a Scoping Review.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2024Article
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- Trends in Substance Use and Abuse During COVID-19 Among the General Population.Addiction & health · 2022Review
- Tobacco product use and the risks of SARS-CoV-2 infection and COVID-19: current understanding and recommendations for future research.The Lancet. Respiratory medicine · 2022Review
- Changes in Little Cigar and Cigarillo Use during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Cross-Sectional Analysis of a Nationally Representative Sample of Young Adult Users.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Exploring the Experiences and Perceptions of Cigar Craving and Addiction among Young Adult Black Cigar Smokers.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- A Longitudinal Study on the Addictive Behaviors of General Population before and during the COVID-19 Pandemic in China.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Physical and Sociocultural Community-Level Influences on Cigar Smoking among Black Young Adults: An In-Depth Interview Investigation.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Cigar-Smoking-Cessation Interest and Experience among Black Young Adults: A Semi-Structured In-Depth Interview Investigation.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Exploring the hypothetical impact of flavored cigar sales restrictions among black young adult cigar smokers: a semi-structured in-depth interview investigation.Journal of ethnicity in substance abuseArticle
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introductionThe COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionately impacted the Black/African American communities in the U.S. The objective of this study is to understand the change in cigar smoking patterns and motivations to quit cigars during the COVID-19 pandemic among Black young adult cigar smokers.
methodsDuring May-June 2020, in-depth telephone interviews were conducted to investigate cigar (i.e., large cigars, cigarillos, filtered cigars, and blunts) smoking behaviors during the pandemic among self-identified, non-Hispanic Black/African American young adult cigar smokers (n = 40; ages 21-29). Interviews were audio-recorded, transcribed verbatim, and coded separately by three coders. Thematic analysis was used to assess thematic patterns arising from the interviews.
resultsMost participants reported smoking cigarillos and blunts in higher frequency and quantity to cope with COVID-19-induced stress, anxiety, loneliness, and boredom due to economic losses and physical isolation. Some also reported contextual changes in cigarillo and blunt smoking, including smoking around the clock, smoking immediately after waking up, and smoking an entire cigarillo or blunt in one setting. Very few participants reported motivations to quit cigars during the pandemic. Perceiving higher risks of progressed COVID-19 outcomes did not prompt participants' increased motivations for quitting cigars.
conclusionsBlack young adults in this study increasingly smoked cigarillos and blunts during the COVID-19 pandemic, mainly attributed to daily life stressors. Participants did not have increased motivations for quitting cigars to reduce COVID-19-related risks. Promoting contextually appropriate healthy coping and cigar smoking cessation may minimize COVID-19-related health consequences of cigar smoking and reduce health disparities among Black young adults.
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