Did the COVID-19 Lockdown Reduce Smoking Rate in Adolescents?

Seunghyup Lee, Mingee Choi, Dahyun Kim, Jaeyong Shin () and Junghyun Kim ()
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Seunghyup Lee: Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Yonsei University, 50, Yonsei-ro, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul 03722, Republic of Korea
Mingee Choi: Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Social Welfare Policy, Yonsei Graduate School, Yonsei University, 50, Yonsei-ro, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul 03722, Republic of Korea
Dahyun Kim: Department of Statistics, Sungshin Women’s University, 2, Bomun-ro 34da-gil, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul 02844, Republic of Korea
Jaeyong Shin: Department of Preventive Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, 50-1, Yonsei-ro, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul 03722, Republic of Korea
Junghyun Kim: Institute for Innovation in Digital Healthcare, Yonsei University Health System, Seoul 03722, Republic of Korea

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 20, issue 1, 1-10

Abstract: This study examined the temporal trend of smoking use and the prevalent differences in the use of different types of cigarettes for Korean adolescents before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. In Korea, all use of e-cigarettes, including regular cigarettes, is considered smoking. Since adolescents are susceptible to peer influences in risky behaviors including smoking, social distancing could affect the smoking behaviors of youth under these unusual circumstances during the pandemic. In this study, we analyzed the Korea Youth Risk Behavior Web-based Survey (KYRBW) data collected from 2018 to 2021 to examine the association between smoking status and other covariates during the COVID-19 pandemic. As a result, it was confirmed that the influence of second-hand smoke on the smoking rate decreased before and after COVID-19, which is interpreted as a result of the social distancing policy caused by the pandemic.

Keywords: COVID-19; electronic nicotine delivery devices; prevention; adolescents; smoking (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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