Post by emonseo10 on Jan 11, 2024 21:19:56 GMT 10
10.2 percent of smokers quit the habit during confinement, while 5.4% of people who did not use tobacco, either because they had never done so or because they had quit, started smoking during this period. same period. This is clear from the survey carried out by the National Committee for the Prevention of Smoking in collaboration with the Ministry of Health and the Communities of La Rioja and Murcia.
According to the survey, during confinement the vast majority of nicotine addicts (73.5 percent) maintained their daily consumption pattern and increased their frequency, especially due to stress , tripling their level of dependence. Only 15.7 percent of smokers decreased their frequency of consumption, and 10.2 percent quit completely during this period.
The decrease in the frequency of consumption occurred more among the youngest, students, workers in an Erte and people who live with their family. There was finally a change in the consumption pattern in 10.8 percent of those Professional Person Email List surveyed. 5.4 percent of those who did not smoke before confinement started doing so - for the first time or again.
13.4 percent of the smokers surveyed stated that they have tried to quit the habit during this period, and most of them (83.9 percent) on their own, without help. Only about 10 percent tried it with the help of drugs.
In addition to the fact that there was a greater perception of the risk of contracting the coronavirus and developing more serious symptoms among smokers, the survey indicates that 60.7 percent of people who indicated being exposed to tobacco smoke stopped being so during the stage of the lockdown.
The field work of the survey presented this Wednesday on the occasion of the Smoking Prevention and Control Congress was carried out between May 4 and 22 - when the state of alarm was still in force. 24,386 people participated (8,789 men, 15,510 women and 87 intersex).
According to the survey, during confinement the vast majority of nicotine addicts (73.5 percent) maintained their daily consumption pattern and increased their frequency, especially due to stress , tripling their level of dependence. Only 15.7 percent of smokers decreased their frequency of consumption, and 10.2 percent quit completely during this period.
The decrease in the frequency of consumption occurred more among the youngest, students, workers in an Erte and people who live with their family. There was finally a change in the consumption pattern in 10.8 percent of those Professional Person Email List surveyed. 5.4 percent of those who did not smoke before confinement started doing so - for the first time or again.
13.4 percent of the smokers surveyed stated that they have tried to quit the habit during this period, and most of them (83.9 percent) on their own, without help. Only about 10 percent tried it with the help of drugs.
In addition to the fact that there was a greater perception of the risk of contracting the coronavirus and developing more serious symptoms among smokers, the survey indicates that 60.7 percent of people who indicated being exposed to tobacco smoke stopped being so during the stage of the lockdown.
The field work of the survey presented this Wednesday on the occasion of the Smoking Prevention and Control Congress was carried out between May 4 and 22 - when the state of alarm was still in force. 24,386 people participated (8,789 men, 15,510 women and 87 intersex).