Smoking habits of factory workers and their thoughts about cessation of smoking

Abstract

Objective: The aim of this study was to determine smoking habits, levels of nicotine dependence, thoughts about smoking and smoking cessation of workers.Methods: This descriptive and cross-sectional study was conducted by volunteer 200 workers from cement and sugar factories in 2014 Çorum. The data was collected through a 40-item questionnaire form questioning smoking habits, thoughts about smoking and cessation of workers. To determine nicotine dependence Fagerstrom Nicotine Dependence Test was used.Results: Among workers, smoking prevalence was 38.0%, the mean age to start smoking was 18.82 ± 4.01 years. The rate of smoking during the 11 and over years was 88.2% and smoking 11 cigarettes in a day was 60.5%. In addition, the rate of smokers regret for smoking was 93.4% while the rate of want to quit smoking was 63.2%, attempts to quit smoking was 68.4. A significant proportion of smokers were concerned about the deterioration of their health. Despite the high awareness among smokers, thoughts preventing to quit smoking were found to be commonly. The 29.0% of the workers were low, 3.9% of were moderate and 67.1% of were high level of addicted to nicotine. Workers dependency levels varied significantly depending on the number of cigarettes consumed in a day (p=0.004). The proportion of workers took recommendations from health care personnel about smoking cessation was low. Almost none of the workers had never been trained in smoking cessation. Conclusion:In this study, the rate of smoking and nicotine dependence levels in factory workers were found to be high.Key words: Workers, smoke, dependence, smoking cessation. ÖZETAmaç: Bu çalışma çimento ve şeker fabrikasında çalışan işçilerin sigara kullanma alışkanlıklarının ve sigara bağımlılık düzeylerinin belirlenmesi ile sigara içme ve bırak-ma konusundaki düşüncelerinin ortaya çıkarılması amacı ile yapılmıştır.Yöntemler: Tanımlayıcı ve kesitsel tipteki bu araştırma 2014 yılında Çorum ilinde çimento ve şeker fabrikasında çalışan gönüllü 200 erkek işçi ile yapılmıştır. Araştırmanın verileri işçilerin sigara kullanma alışkanlıkları, sigara bağımlılık düzeyleri, sigara içme ve bırakma konusundaki düşüncelerini sorgulayan ve 40 sorudan oluşan bir anket formu aracılığı ile toplanmıştır. İşçilerin nikotin bağımlılık düzeylerinin belirlenmesinde Fagerstrom Nikotin Bağımlı-lık Testi kullanılmıştır. Bulgular:İşçilerde sigara içme prevalansı %38,0, sigaraya başlama yaş ortalaması 18,82 ± 4,01 yıldır. 11 yıl ve daha uzun süredir sigara içen işçilerin oranı %88,2, gün-de ortalama 11 adet ve daha fazla sigara içenlerin oranı %60,5'dir. Sigara içtiği için pişmanlık duyduğunu belirtenlerin oranı %93,4 iken, sigarayı bırakmayı istediğini belirtenlerin oranı %63,2, sigarayı bırakmayı denediğini belirtenlerin oranı %68,4'dür. Sigara içen işçilerin önemli bir bölümü sağlıklarının bozulması konusunda endişe yaşa-maktadır. Sigara içen işçiler arasında sigaranın zararları hakkındaki farkındalık yüksek olmasına rağmen sigarayı bırakmayı engelleyen düşüncelerin yaygın olduğu belirle...

Potential Predictor of Tobacco Cessation among Factory Workers: A Baseline Data of Worksite Tobacco Cessation Programs in the Central Part of India

“…It was also observed that participants who smoked or chewed tobacco for < 10 years are more likely ready to quit the habit. However, most of the participants who never quit the habit were using tobacco for more than decade, which can be correlated with the study done by Pimple et al 21 and Yılmazel et al 5 On the contrary, mean frequency of tobacco use among both the groups was more than 10 times per day, which was found similar to the study conducted by Pimple et al 21 and Verra et al 34 The majority of participants in quitter and never quit groups consume smokeless form of tobacco (232 [93.5]; 288 [73.5]) respectively, which is similar to Desai et al, 35 Kumar et al, 27 and Agrawal et al 36 The authors reported that the prevalence of a smokeless form of tobacco was most common in Maharashtra, and it is more commonly seen among the lower socioeconomic class, whereas Agrawal et al 36 reported that the prevalence of tobacco use was more in an urban area. Furthermore, it has been observed that majority of participants in both the groups [208 (83.9); 304 (77.6)] smoked or chewed tobacco at workplaces.…”

“…In the present study, the mean age among quitters was significantly low compared with those who never quit tobacco habit. This age group was in line with the study done in Mumbai by Pimpale et al 21 Here, the effect of behavioral counseling was tested among the factory workers, whereas it was quite different from the studies of workplace cessation programs carried out by Eriksen, 22 Cruse et al, 23 Chong et al, 24 and Yılmazel et al 5 This contrast was found because those studies were conducted among blue-and white-collar workers, and our study engaged the factory workers in skilled, unskilled, or semiskilled work categories and of low socioeconomic status. The majority of the participants in both the groups were male and literate, but those who never quit were either less educated or illiterate.…”