RESEARCH ARTICLE
Smoking Status Association with Intention to Vaccination against Coronavirus Disease-2019
Sami Al-Rawashdeh1, *
Article Information
Identifiers and Pagination:
Year: 2022Volume: 16
E-location ID: e187443462208050
Publisher ID: e187443462208050
DOI: 10.2174/18744346-v16-e2208050
Article History:
Received Date: 28/11/2021Revision Received Date: 1/2/2022
Acceptance Date: 7/3/2022
Electronic publication date: 14/10/2022
Collection year: 2022
open-access license: This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0), a copy of which is available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode. This license permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Abstract
Objectives:
This paper aimed to examine the association between smoking status and the intention to get the COVID-19 vaccine in a convenience sample of 226 Jordanian adults.
Methods:
Cross-sectional data on smoking status, the intention of vaccination, attitudes toward- and fear of COVID-19, and perceived susceptibility and severity of COVID-19 were collected. Descriptive comparative and correlational bivariate and multivariable statistical analyses were used.
Results:
Most subjects were female and single, with a mean age of 26.8 years. About 27.9% were smokers. Smokers had significantly higher mean scores on the intention of vaccination than non-smokers (p=.049). On regression analysis, smoking status was not a significant predictor, but higher scores on attitude toward and fear of COVID-19 were the only significant predictors of the intention for vaccination.
Conclusion:
Although smokers appear to have a higher intention to get the COVID-19 vaccine, variables other than smoking status, such as attitudes towards and fears of COVID-19 may influence people's decisions and should be appropriately addressed. Smoking's effect on the intention of vaccination with COVID-19 warrants further study.
