Table 2.
Tobacco use and COVID-19 risk perceptions related to tobacco use (N = 26).
| Sample characteristics | |
|---|---|
| Tobacco and nicotine product use | |
| Cigarettes smoked per day (Median, IQR) | 7 (5) |
| Daily use (N, %) | 23 (88.5) |
| Non-daily use (N, %) | 3 (11.5) |
| Time to first cigarette after waking (N, %) | |
| Within first 5 min | 7 (26.9) |
| 6–30 min | 9 (34.6) |
| 31–60 min | 2 (7.7) |
| After 60 min | 8 (30.8) |
| Use of other tobacco products in the past 30 day (N, %) | |
| E-cigarettes | 10 (58.8) |
| Cigars or little cigars | 5 (23.8) |
| Roll-your-own tobacco | 10 (52.6) |
| Blunts | 9 (45.0) |
| Intention to quit smoking (N, %) | |
| Never expect to quit | 3 (11.5) |
| May quit | 13 (50.0) |
| Will quit in the next 6 months | 6 (23.0) |
| Will quit in the next month | 4 (15.4) |
| Past year quit attempt (N, %) | 10 (38.5) |
| Products/methods used in previous attempts to quit (N, %) | |
| Cold turkey | 9 (34.6) |
| Advice from healthcare professional | 1 (4.2) |
| Smoking cessation class | 1 (3.5) |
| Zyban/Wellbutrin for smoking cessation | 1 (4.2) |
| E-cigarette | 1 (4.2) |
| COVID-19 and tobacco use (N, %) | |
| Increased cigarette use | 6 (23.1) |
| Decreased cigarette use | 4 (15.4) |
| Cigarette use stayed the same | 16 (61.5) |
| COVID-19 and motivation to quit (N, %) | |
| Motivation to quit has increased | 10 (38.5) |
| Motivation to quit has decreased | 1 (3.9) |
| Motivation to quit remained unchanged | 15 (57.7) |