Depression and anxiety mediate the relationship between COVID-19 stay-at-home orders and tobacco and marijuana use

Geoffrey Carney-Knisely; Jolynn Pek; Amy K. Ferketich; Tasleem J. Padamsee; Tamar Gur; Parvati Singh

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0337996

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Depression and anxiety mediate the relationship between COVID-19 stay-at-home orders and tobacco and marijuana use

Geoffrey Carney-Knisely ,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: Geoffrey.Carney-Knisely@osumc.edu

Affiliation Division of Epidemiology, The Ohio State University College of Public Health, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0894-3006

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Jolynn Pek,

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Software, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Psychology, The Ohio State University College of Arts and Sciences, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America
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Amy K. Ferketich,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Epidemiology, The Ohio State University College of Public Health, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America
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Tasleem J. Padamsee,

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Health Services Management and Policy, The Ohio State University College of Public Health, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America
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Tamar Gur,

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America
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Parvati Singh

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Epidemiology, The Ohio State University College of Public Health, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America
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Depression and anxiety mediate the relationship between COVID-19 stay-at-home orders and tobacco and marijuana use

Geoffrey Carney-Knisely,
Jolynn Pek,
Amy K. Ferketich,
Tasleem J. Padamsee,
Tamar Gur,
Parvati Singh

Published: December 5, 2025
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0337996

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