Table 2.

COVID-19 risk perceptions by smoking status, chronic disease, and stress levels (N = 660), Israel, 2020.

	Total (n, %) N = 660	Current Smokers (n = 437, 66.2%)	Quit during COVID-19 Restrictions (n = 46, 7%)	Quit before COVID-19 Restrictions (n = 177, 28.6%)	p-Value
Perception of smokers’ risk for Sars-CoV-2 infection (missing n = 1)
Higher risk	316 (48%)	205 (47%)	25 (54.3%)	86 (48.6%)	0.627
Same or lower risk	343 (52%)	231 (53%)	21 (45.7%)	91 (51.4%)
Perception of smokers’ risk for severe Sars-CoV-2 infection (missing n = 3)
Higher risk	535 (81.4%)	335 (77.2%)	42 (91.3%)	158 (89.3%)	<0.001
Same or lower risk	122 (18.6%)	99 (22.8%)	4 (8.7%)	19 (10.7%)
Perception of personal risk for Sars-CoV-2 infection Mean (scale 1–5), (SD) (missing n = 5)	4.67 (2.19)	4.66 (2.19)	4.78 (2.14)	4.66 (2.2)	0.826
Perception of personal risk for severe Sars-CoV-2 infection Mean (scale 1–5), (SD) (missing n = 9)	4.88 (2.47)	5.1 (2.47)	5.09 (2.55)	4.26 (2.38)	0.001
Underlying chronic illness (missing n = 3)	157 (23.9%)	93 (21.4%)	17 (37%)	47 (26.7%)	0.037
Perceived stress level prior to COVID-19 restrictions (missing n = 3)
Very low	124 (18.9%)	77 (17.7%)	11 (23.9%)	36 (20.5%)	0.56
Low	160 (24.4%)	104 (23.9%)	11 (23.9%)	45 (25.6%)
Medium	192 (29.2%)	122 (28%)	13 (28.3%)	57 (32.4%)
High	119 (18.1%)	86 (19.8%)	6 (13%)	27 (15.3%)
Very high	62 (9.4%)	46 (10.6%)	5 (10.9%)	11 (6.3%)
Perceived change in stress level during COVID-19 restrictions (missing n = 4)
Increased considerably	166 (25.3%)	128 (29.6%)	11 (23.9%)	27 (15.3%)	0.002
Increased slightly	271 (41.3%)	175 (40.4%)	17 (37%)	79 (44.6%)
Did not change	168 (25.6%)	99 (22.9%)	10 (21.7%)	59 (33.3%)
Decreased considerably	33 (5%)	22 (5.1%)	4 (8.7%)	7 (4%)
Decreased slightly	18 (2.7%)	9 (2.1%)	4 (8.7%)	5 (2.8%)