Background The COVID-19 pandemic and the lockdown period lasted from March to May
2020, resulted in a highly stressful situation yielding different negative health consequences …

Objectives Italy is one of the first countries that imposed a nationwide stay-at-home order
during the COVID-19 outbreak, inevitably resulting in changes in lifestyles and addictive …

Smoking is considered a major preventable cause of cardiovascular and lung diseases, as
well as cancer. During the COVID-19 pandemic, there was extensive discussion about the …

The COVID-19 pandemic has generated a global health crisis that has negatively impacted
the mental health and wellbeing of the population. A large amount of scientific literature has …

METHODS We conducted two survey rounds on representative samples, the first in the initial
stage of the pandemic (11–19 May 2020) and the second in the latter stage (4–11 June …

The COVID-19 epidemic and its psychological, economic and social consequences could
have an impact on the evolution of tobacco-smoking prevalence and attitudes towards …

Abstract Background and Aims Throughout the COVID‐19 lockdown, the resultant
psychological disturbances led to more tobacco consumption and deteriorated smoking …

The emergency caused by Covid-19 pandemic raised interest in studying lifestyles and
comorbidities as important determinants of poor Covid-19 prognosis. Data on tobacco …

METHODS In a community-based telephone survey conducted between the second and
third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in Hong Kong, 659 smokers (87.1% male; 45.2 …

During the COVID-19 pandemic, about 60 million of Italians stayed at home. These
circumstances may generate exceptional challenges and stress for people who regularly …