"YES it's the Perfect Time to Quit": Fueling Tobacco Cessation in India during COVID-19 Pandemic. (September 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Grover, Shekhar; Mohanty, Vikrant; Jain, Swati; Anand, Tanu; Aghi, Mira B
• Is Part Of: Tobacco use insights. Volume 13(2020)
• Publication Date: 2020-09
• Subjects: Tobacco cessation -- smoking -- smokeless tobacco -- pandemic; Nicotine -- Physiological effect -- Periodicals; Nicotine addiction -- Treatment -- Periodicals; Tobacco -- Physiological effect -- Periodicals; Tobacco use -- Health aspects -- Periodicals; Tobacco use -- Periodicals; Tobacco Use; Tobacco Use Disorder -- therapy; Nicotine addiction -- Treatment; Nicotine -- Physiological effect; Tobacco -- Physiological effect; Tobacco use; Tobacco use -- Health aspects; Electronic journals; Periodicals; Fulltext; Internet Resources; Periodicals; Periodicals; 616.865
• DOI: 10.1177/1179173X20960447
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1179-173X

Abstract

Entire world is battling the Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) pandemic. India too, has undertaken stringent containment measures to combat this disease. The country is in a state of national lockdown, which has inadvertently led more than a quarter of the Indian population to not use tobacco. This paper discusses the opportunity that surfaces with unavailability of tobacco products, and advocates the need for escalation of tobacco cessation services as well as strategic management of stress to stay tobacco-free.