Introduction: Both perceived benefits and harms of COVID-19 have been reported, but whether they affect confidence in coping with the pandemic and men...Read more

Introduction: Perceived risk of COVID-19 infection is associated with smoking behaviors, but the change in smoking across different settings are uncer...Read more

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has led to an increasing mental health burden. We examined the factors associated with mental health symptoms in Chi...Read more

Background: Both face-to-face and instant messaging (IM) communication are important for families, but face-to-face communication has reduced amidst t...Read more

Introduction: Changes in tobacco use and related personal and environmental factors amid the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic can be captu...Read more

Introduction: How changes in smoking routine due to COVID-19 restrictions (e.g. refraining from smoking outdoors and stockpiling tobacco products) inf...Read more

A growing body of evidence shows smoking is a risk factor for coronavirus disease (COVID-19). We examined the associations of quitting-related behavio...Read more

Background: Electronic health (eHealth) literacy would facilitate online information seeking and taking informed measures. Objective: We studied soci...Read more

Introduction:Observational and experimental studies have suggested that messaging on smoking-related COVID-19 risk may promote smoking abstinence, but...Read more

INTRODUCTION Changes in tobacco use since the COVID-19 outbreak differed by countries and little is known about changes in the use of specific tobacco...Read more

Background Face-to-face communication has reduced amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. We examined the associations between family communication and family w...Read more

Background: Although vaccination against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is the most desired solution to end the coronavi...Read more

Using information communication technologies as information sources of COVID-19 was associated with psychological problems, but mechanisms remain unce...Read more

This study was to observe smoking behaviours and infection control behaviours in smokers at outdoor smoking hotspots during the COVID-19 pandemic in H...Read more

Purpose: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is expanding, resulting in substantial changes in daily-, study-, and work-life of the affected ...Read more

The success of public health measures for controlling the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic relies on population compliance. We analyzed co...Read more

Introduction: Health information about COVID-19 has been circulating in social networking sites, including unproven claims that smoking and alcohol dr...Read more

Background: Mask-wearing in outdoor public places in Hong Kong was mandated on 29 July 2020, amid the COVID-19 pandemic. We aimed to evaluate the impa...Read more

Background: Delaying doctor consultation is harmful. Fear of COVID-19 leads to delays in seeking medical care at a time when pandemic information over...Read more