{"doi":"10.1177/08901171221116067","title":"Differences in Beliefs and Behaviors Related to COVID-19 Prevention Among Adult Current and Former Smokers and With and Without A Cancer Diagnosis","abstract":"Purpose Study aims included assessing differences in beliefs/behaviors about COVID-19 prevention among current and former smokers with and without cancer. Design A cross-sectional survey about COVID-19 beliefs/behaviors was administered from June 2020 to January 2021. Setting Survey conducted online via Qualtrics from June 2020 to January 2021. Subjects Participants were current (n = 101) and former (n = 102) smokers with and without cancer. Measures Questions were related to beliefs about efficacy of and engagement in behaviors for COVID-19 prevention. Results Results from logistic regressions displayed that individuals with cancer were more likely to indicate using hand sanitizer with at least 60% alcohol was ineffective ( OR = .12, 95% CI: [.02, .65]) and avoided public transportation ( OR = 1.84, 95% CI: [1.04, 3.28]) compared to those without cancer. Former smokers were more likely to indicate taking vitamin C was effective ( OR = .45, 95% CI: [.22, .93]) and rinsing your mouth with salt water ( OR = 1.89, 95% CI: [1.02, 3.50]) was ineffective compared to current smokers. Current smokers were more likely to indicate not smoking was effective compared to former smokers ( OR = 2.19, 95% CI: [1.13, 4.24]). Conclusions Counters to COVID-19 misinformation may need to be tailored to different at-risk groups based on differential beliefs and behaviors.","journal":"American Journal of Health Promotion","year":2022,"id":309836,"datarank":0.0,"base_score":0.0,"endowment":0.0,"self_citation_contribution":0.0,"citation_network_contribution":0.0,"self_endowment_contribution":0.0,"citer_contribution":0.0,"corpus_percentile":null,"corpus_rank":null,"citation_count":0,"citer_count":0,"citers_with_citation_signal":0,"citers_with_endowment":0,"datacite_reuse_total":0,"is_dataset":false,"is_dataset_confidence":0.7582,"is_data_producer":false,"deposit_databanks":null,"is_oa":true,"file_count":0,"downloads":0,"has_version_chain":false,"published_date":"2022-01-01","fair_score":null,"fair_percentile":null,"algorithm_id":"datarank_citation_only_1hop_v6","ranking_scope":"data_only","authors":[{"id":452613,"name":"Rebecca A. Krukowski","orcid":"0000-0001-9193-2783","position":1,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":513806,"name":"Kinsey Pebley","orcid":"0000-0002-7497-6247","position":0,"is_corresponding":true}],"reference_count":5,"raw_metadata":null,"created_at":"2026-07-19T00:33:15.860993Z","pmid":"35835553","pmcid":null,"fwci":null,"citation_percentile":null,"influential_citations":0,"oa_status":null,"license":null,"views":0,"total_file_size_bytes":0,"version_count":0,"fair_f":null,"fair_a":null,"fair_i":null,"fair_r":null,"fair_zscore":null,"fair_rationale":null,"fair_model":null,"fair_agent_version":null,"fair_fulltext_source":null,"fair_has_llm":null,"fair_computed_at":null,"clinical_trials":[],"software_tools":[],"db_accessions":[],"linked_datasets":[],"topics":[]}