Open AccessThe Potential Effectiveness of COVID-Related Smoking Cessation Messages in Three Countries
Author(s) -
Simone Pettigrew,
Min Jun,
Ian Roberts,
Kellie Nallaiah,
Chris Bullen,
Anthony Rodgers
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
nicotine and tobacco research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.338
H-Index - 113
eISSN - 1469-994X
pISSN - 1462-2203
DOI - 10.1093/ntr/ntab023
Subject(s) - smoking cessation , quit smoking , covid-19 , pandemic , medicine , psychology , test (biology) , relevance (law) , family medicine , demography , social psychology , political science , disease , paleontology , pathology , sociology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , law , biology
Health authorities are advising smokers to quit to reduce their COVID-related risk. The types of messages that may be effective in alerting smokers to this risk and encouraging a quit attempt are unknown. The aim of this study was to test a series of messages to identify potentially effective communication approaches.