The Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on the Smoking Behaviour of Young Smokers and the Youth Quitline Service in Hong Kong

The Impact of Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Pandemic on the Smoking Behaviour of Young Smokers and the Youth Quitline Service in Hong Kong: A Survey Study

Status

UNKNOWN

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT04360863

Enrollment

150

Registered

2020-04-24

Start date

2020-04-24

Completion date

2021-12-30

Last updated

2020-11-04

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Conditions

Smoking Cessation

Keywords

Youth smokers, COVID-19, smoking behaviors

Brief summary

The aims of the present study are: 1. To explore the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on the smoking behavior of youth smokers 2. To explore the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on the Youth Quitline service in Hong Kong

Detailed description

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has spread rapidly across the globe. According to World Health Organization (WHO), due to the harmful effects on the lungs and the possible viral transmission from fingers to mouth during smoking, tobacco use is considered a major risk factor for developing COVID-19. Both tobacco use and COVID-19 can cause damage to the cardiovascular and respiratory systems. Smokers infected with COVID-19 are at higher risk of developing severe COVID-19 symptoms or death than non-smokers. The Hong Kong SAR (HKSAR) government has announced different regulations to combat the spread of COVID-19 since late January 2020, which significantly affect the working patterns and everyday lives of people. It remains unknown how smoking habits and smoking cessation services are being affected during the pandemic.

Interventions

OTHERTelephone survey

Participants will be asked to respond to a survey regarding their knowledge about the relationship between smoking and COVID-19, their smoking behaviors and readiness to quit during the pandemic.

Study design

Observational model

OTHER

Time perspective

CROSS_SECTIONAL

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

0 Years to 25 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* Hong Kong resident aged 25 or below * Able to communicate in Chinese (Cantonese) * Smoked in the past 30 days

Exclusion criteria

* Have difficulty to communicate via telephone

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Smoking behaviors	Baseline	Change in smoking behaviors of youth smokers during the pandemic
Knowledge	Baseline	Knowledge regarding the relationship between COVID-19 and smoking
Readiness to quit	Baseline	Change in motivation to quit during the pandemic

Countries

Hong Kong

Contacts

Primary ContactHo Cheung William Li, PhD

william3@hku.hk+85239176634

Backup ContactLong Kwan Ho, MPhil

longkwan@hku.hk+85239176643

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026