BAI Hong-mei, YANG Jing, LI Li-kang, JIANG Meng-ying. Tobacco exposure characteristics of workers in an enterprise in Hainan Province[J]. Journal of Environmental and Occupational Medicine, 2018, 35(1): 43-48. DOI: 10.13213/j.cnki.jeom.2017.17469
Citation: BAI Hong-mei, YANG Jing, LI Li-kang, JIANG Meng-ying. Tobacco exposure characteristics of workers in an enterprise in Hainan Province[J]. Journal of Environmental and Occupational Medicine, 2018, 35(1): 43-48. DOI: 10.13213/j.cnki.jeom.2017.17469

Tobacco exposure characteristics of workers in an enterprise in Hainan Province

  • Objective To analyze the tobacco exposure characteristics of employees in an enterprise in Hainan Province, and to provide reference for making smoking cessation intervention measures.

    Methods Using cluster stratified random sampling method, a questionnaire survey was conducted among production line workers in a photovoltaic manufacturing enterprise in Hainan Province from February to March in 2017. The survey was composed of five parts:personal information, smoking, smoking cessation, secondhand smoke exposure, and knowledge, attitude, and behavior on smoking related issues. χ2 test and trend χ2 analysis were used for comparison among groups, and binary logistic regression was used to analyze the influencing factors of tobacco use.

    Results A total of 660 workers were investigated and 633 valid questionnaires were collected, with a valid response rate of 95.9%. The prevalence rates of smoking in total, male, and female workers were 33.8%, 43.5%, and 2.7%, respectively, and the prevalence rate of smoking decreased with age (trend χ2=21.073, P < 0.05). The successful rate of quitting smoking was 13.4% and increased with age (trend χ2=21.073, P < 0.05). In the smoking workers, the rate of attempting to quit smoking over the past six months and planning to quit smoking in the next six months were 24.3% and 39.7%, respectively. As to secondhand smoke, 70.4% of the workers were reported to be exposed in public places, 34.8% at home, and 31.3% in workplaces. In workplaces and public places, the exposure rate of secondhand smoke was higher among male workers than among female workers (χ2=7.824, P < 0.05; χ2=8.752, P < 0.05), and the exposure rate of secondhand smoke in workplaces decreased with age (trend χ2=8.965, P < 0.05). The awareness rates of stroke, heart attack, and impotence caused by active smoking were 44.5%, 46.8%, and 32.5%, respectively. The awareness rates of adult heart diseases, child lung diseases, and adult lung diseases caused by secondhand smoke exposure were 49.6%, 71.4%, and 77.6%, respectively. The logistic regression analysis results showed that male and paternal smoking were the risk factors of smoking among the workers, and the ORs (95%CIs) were 24.844 (8.979-68.741) and 1.578 (1.090-2.284), respectively.

    Conclusion High prevalences of smoking and secondhand smoke exposure are found in the workers in the selected photovoltaic enterprise. Male workers and those whose fathers smoke are target populations for tobacco control.

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