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Changes in prevalence and sociodemographic correlates of tobacco and nicotine use in Finland during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Peña, Sebastián; Ilmarinen, Katja; Kestilä, Laura; Ruokolainen, Otto; Ollila, Hanna; Parikka, Suvi; Karvonen, Sakari.
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  • Peña S; Department of Public Health and Welfare, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland.
  • Ilmarinen K; Department of Public Health and Welfare, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland.
  • Kestilä L; Department of Public Health and Welfare, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland.
  • Ruokolainen O; Department of Public Health and Welfare, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland.
  • Ollila H; Department of Public Health and Welfare, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland.
  • Parikka S; Department of Public Health and Welfare, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland.
  • Karvonen S; Department of Public Health and Welfare, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland.
Eur J Public Health ; 33(5): 844-850, 2023 Oct 10.
Article en En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37400989
BACKGROUND: The impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic on tobacco and nicotine use remains debated. We examined whether the prevalence of tobacco and nicotine use and nicotine-replacement therapy (NRT) changed during the COVID-19 pandemic and whether changes differed by sociodemographic groups. METHODS: Repeated cross-sectional study of three national surveys in Finland (2018, 2019 and 2020; n = 58 526 adults aged 20 and over). Outcomes were daily and occasional smoking, smokeless tobacco (snus) use, e-cigarettes use, total tobacco or nicotine use and NRT use. We examined changes for each outcome by sex, age, educational tertiles, marital status, mother tongue and social participation. RESULTS: Daily smoking decreased among males by 1.15 percentage points (pp) [95% confidence interval (CI) -2.10 to -0.20] between 2018 and 2020 and 0.86 pp among females (95% CI -1.58 to -0.15). Daily snus use remained stable in both sexes. Daily e-cigarette use was below 1% and remained stable. We found weak evidence of a reduction in total tobacco or nicotine use between 2018 and 2020 (males -1.18 pp, 95% CI -2.68 to 0.32 and females -0.8 pp, 95% CI -1.81 to 0.22). NRT use remained stable. Snus and NRT use decreased among 60- to 74-year-olds but remained stable in other age groups. We did not find evidence of interactions by subgroup for other outcomes. CONCLUSIONS: Daily smoking decreased in Finland between 2018 and 2020, but other forms of tobacco use did not experience a reduction. The COVID-19 pandemic does not seem to have altered the sustained reduction of smoking in Finland, although substantial sociodemographic differences persist.
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Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Tipo de estudio: Observational_studies / Prevalence_studies / Risk_factors_studies Idioma: En Revista: Eur J Public Health Asunto de la revista: EPIDEMIOLOGIA / SAUDE PUBLICA Año: 2023 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: Finlandia Pais de publicación: Reino Unido
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Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Tipo de estudio: Observational_studies / Prevalence_studies / Risk_factors_studies Idioma: En Revista: Eur J Public Health Asunto de la revista: EPIDEMIOLOGIA / SAUDE PUBLICA Año: 2023 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: Finlandia Pais de publicación: Reino Unido