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. 2020 Sep 22:1–7. doi: 10.1159/000510822

Table 4.

Ranking of motives for smoking more, drinking more, and using more cannabis

Reason for more consuming of … Nicotine
Alcohol
Cannabis
N % rank N % rank N % rank
Has nothing to do with lockdown 16 6.1 12 26 2.4 13 2 2.6 12
Fear of contamination 10 3.8 14 35 3.2 12 2 2.6 12
Reward after a hard-working day 98 37.1 3 513 46.6 2 33 43.4 3
Increased tension (family, work, etc.) 59 22.3 7 270 24.5 6 17 22.4 8
Decreased tension (traffic, more sleep time, etc.) 27 10.2 11 123 11.2 11 16 21.1 9
Stress from negative reporting 50 18.9 8 70 15.4 8 19 25.0 7
Loneliness 75 28.4 5 168 15.2 9 25 32.9 5
Lack of social contacts 108 40.9 2 383 34.8 3 37 48.7 2
Lack of activities or sports 46 17.4 9 194 17.6 7 22 28.9 6
More tension due to permanent presence of housemates 38 14.4 10 157 14.2 10 9 11.8 10
Boredom 116 43.9 1 298 27.0 5 41 53.9 1
Conviviality 75 28.4 5 572 51.9 1 25 32.9 5
Increased social control 2 0.8 15 9 0.8 15 2 2.6 12
Loss of daily structure 98 37.1 3 332 30.1 4 33 43.4 3
Seeing smoking and drinking in movies and series 15 5.7 13 25 2.3 14 5 6.6 11

Total N: 264 (7.3%) Total N: 1,102 (30.3%) Total N: 76 (2.1%)

Descriptive analysis of the motives for smoking more, drinking more, and using more cannabis. N represents the number of respondents using more. % represents the relative frequency of respondents using more indicating that motive. Rank defines the order of how often the motive was reported, ranging from 1 (highly reported motive) to 15 (lowest reported motive). If an equal number of respondents reported the motive, motives were given the same rank.