Smoking rose during pandemic specially among women - IEO
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Anxiety and depression levels increased, barriers to giving up
25 Maggio 2021
MILAN, MAY 25 - Cigarette smoking rose during the
COVID-19 pandemic especially among women, the European Oncology
Institute (IEO) said Tuesday ahead of World Anti-Tobacco Day on
May 31. During the first phase of the pandemic there was an increase in
the daily consumption of cigarettes, in particular among women,
said IEO anti-smoking centre chief Gabriella Pravettoni. The grave social and economic consequences, the heightened
level of uncertainty and social isolation generated an increase
in anxiety, fear, feelings of loneliness and depression, all
Hamad Medical Corporation Tobacco Control Center, a World Health Organization Collaborating Center, had recently conducted a cross-sectional study to identify the prevalence of tobacco use among adults in Qatar.
Titled ‘Epidemiology of tobacco use in Qatar: Prevalence and its associated factors’, the study identified the prevalence of tobacco use among adults in Qatar to be 25.2 percent.
The study utilized the same methodology as a study undertaken in 2000 that reported a higher prevalence of tobacco smoking of 36.5 percent in Qatar.
HMC Tobacco Control Center Study Finds Tobacco Use Prevalent in One in Four Adults in Qatar .https://t.co/emyikrCBMVpic.twitter.com/6vs6O2FL6O مؤسسة حمد الطبية (@HMC Qatar) April 26, 2021
26 Apr 2021 - 10:10
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Doha: The Hamad Medical Corporation Tobacco Control Center, a World Health Organization Collaborating Center (HMC TCC-WHOCC) recently conducted a cross-sectional study entitled ‘Epidemiology of tobacco use in Qatar: Prevalence and its associated factors’ which found the prevalence of tobacco use among adults in Qatar to be 25.2 percent.
The study utilised the same methodology as a study undertaken in 2000 that reported a higher prevalence of tobacco smoking of 36.5 percent in Qatar.
The recent Tobacco Control Center study included a mixed nationality sample of 7,921 governmental and semi-governmental employees and university students in Qatar; 58.4% males and 41.6% females.
Dr. Ahmad Al Mulla, Head of the HMC’s Tobacco Control Center, explained the aims of the recent study: “Our study set out to determine the prevalence of tobacco use among a population-based sample of adults 18 years old and above in Qatar and to determine the di
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