Exposure to health misinformation about COVID-19 and increased tobacco and alcohol use: a population-based survey in Hong Kong
Exposure to health misinformation about COVID-19 and increased tobacco and alcohol use: a population-based survey in Hong Kong
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DOI：
10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2020-055960
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发表时间：
2021-11-01
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影响因子：
5.2
通讯作者：
Wang, Man Ping
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作者：
Luk, Tzu Tsun;Zhao, Shengzhi;Wang, Man Ping
关于COVID-19的健康信息一直在社交网站上流传，包括未经证实的声称吸烟和饮酒可以预防COVID-19。我们研究了暴露于这些声称是否与烟草和酒精消费的变化有关。方法我们于2020年4月对香港1501名随机抽样的18岁或以上成年人（47. 5%为男性）进行了基于人口的固定电话和移动的电话调查。受访者报告了他们是否曾在流行的社交网络平台上看到过“吸烟/饮酒可以预防COVID-19”的说法。目前的烟草和酒精使用者报告了自疫情爆发以来他们是否增加或减少了消费。流行率数据按一般成人人口的性别、年龄和教育程度加权。结果19.0%（95%CI 16.8%至21.4%）的受访者表示，他们在社交网站上看到过“吸烟/饮酒可以预防COVID-19”的说法。多项逻辑回归显示，暴露于索赔显着相关的烟草使用增加（OR 2.37，95% CI 1.08 - 5.20），目前吸烟者（N=280）和饮酒增加者（OR 4.16，95%CI 2.00 ~ 8.67），调整性别、年龄、教育程度、酒精/烟草使用状况、家庭隔离、焦虑和抑郁症状以及调查方法。结论我们的研究结果首次表明，暴露于吸烟/饮酒可以预防COVID-19的健康错误信息与中国人在大流行期间自我报告的烟草和酒精消费增加有关。
Introduction Health information about COVID-19 has been circulating in social networking sites, including unproven claims that smoking and alcohol drinking could protect against COVID-19. We examined if exposure to such claims was associated with changes in tobacco and alcohol consumption. Methods We conducted a population-based, landline and mobile phone survey of 1501 randomly sampled adults aged 18 years or older (47.5% male) in Hong Kong in April 2020. Respondents reported if they had ever seen claims that 'smoking/alcohol drinking can protect against COVID-19' from popular social networking platforms. Current tobacco and alcohol users reported if they had increased or reduced their consumption since the outbreak. Prevalence data were weighted by sex, age and education of the general adult population. Results 19.0% (95% CI 16.8% to 21.4%) of all respondents reported having seen claims that 'smoking/alcohol drinking can protect against COVID-19' from social networking sites. Multinomial logistic regression showed that exposure to the claims was significantly associated with increased tobacco use (OR 2.37, 95% CI 1.08 to 5.20) in current tobacco users (N=280) and increased alcohol use (OR 4.16, 95% CI 2.00 to 8.67) in current drinkers (N=722), adjusting for sex, age, education level, alcohol/tobacco use status, home isolation, anxiety and depressive symptoms, and survey method. Conclusion Our results first showed that exposure to health misinformation that smoking/alcohol drinking can protect against COVID-19 was associated with self-reported increases in tobacco and alcohol consumption in Chinese during the pandemic.