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cord-264642-veqyvtn4	Tzu-Hsuan Chen, Daniel	The psychosocial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on changes in smoking behavior: Evidence from a nationwide survey in the UK	2020-10-23		.txt	text/plain	1917	105	51	Thus, this study aims to provide epidemiological evidence of the changes in smoking behavior among British smokers in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and assess the impact of psychosocial factors on these behaviors. Pearson's χ(2) test revealed significant differences between different smoking behavior groups in their concerns about mental health (p<0.001), anxiety (p<0.001) and stress (p<0.001), state of low mood (p=0.012), in the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ) score (p=0.018) and ranking on the Cantril Ladder scale (p<0.001). During this unprecedented crisis, recent studies have highlighted the psychological and behavioral effects of COVID-19, including widespread mental disorders such as anxiety or depression 2 , and changes in tobacco use patterns 3 . In this context, this study aims to provide epidemiological evidence of the changes in smoking behavior among British smokers in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and, more importantly, understand how demographic and psychosocial factors impact these behaviors.	./cache/cord-264642-veqyvtn4.txt	./txt/cord-264642-veqyvtn4.txt