Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea.
Department of Preventive Medicine, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea.
Saf Health Work. 2013 Dec;4(4):197-200. doi: 10.1016/j.shaw.2013.09.001. Epub 2013 Oct 24.
A variety of sociodemographic factors, such as gender, age, household income, and educational level, influence individuals' likelihood of smoking. Work-related factors may also be linked to smoking behavior. We sought to investigate the relationship between smoking and work environment in South Korea.
We analyzed data from the Fifth Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey to determine whether there was an association between smoking and occupation type (e.g., manual, nonmanual, or service work), night-shift work, and hours worked/week (e.g., <40, 40-48, 49-60, or >60 hours) for 4,685 workers. Regression models were adjusted for sociodemographic variables such as age, recent alcohol consumption, hours slept, educational level, and household income.
The prevalence of smoking was 50.1% in men and 7.2% in women. For women, manual workers had 2.34 times [95% confidence interval (CI): 1.02-5.36] greater odds of smoking compared with nonmanual workers, whereas service workers had 2.37 times greater odds (95% CI: 1.28-4.40). Furthermore, women who worked 49-60 hours had 2.21 times greater odds of smoking (95% CI: 1.10-3.75) as compared with women who worked 40-48 hours.
Women who work long hours or who are employed in service or manual positions are more likely to smoke. These results indicate a need in South Korea to target these specific groups when creating nonsmoking policies.
多种社会人口因素，如性别、年龄、家庭收入和教育水平，会影响个人吸烟的可能性。工作相关因素也可能与吸烟行为有关。我们试图调查韩国吸烟与工作环境之间的关系。
我们分析了来自第五次韩国国家健康和营养检查调查的数据，以确定吸烟与职业类型（例如，体力、非体力或服务工作）、夜班工作以及每周工作小时数（例如，<40、40-48、49-60 或>60 小时）之间是否存在关联，共涉及 4685 名工人。回归模型调整了年龄、近期饮酒、睡眠时间、教育水平和家庭收入等社会人口学变量。
男性吸烟率为 50.1%，女性为 7.2%。对于女性，体力劳动者吸烟的可能性是非体力劳动者的 2.34 倍（95%置信区间：1.02-5.36），而服务工作者的可能性则高出 2.37 倍（95%置信区间：1.28-4.40）。此外，与每周工作 40-48 小时的女性相比，每周工作 49-60 小时的女性吸烟的可能性要高出 2.21 倍（95%置信区间：1.10-3.75）。
长时间工作或从事服务或体力劳动的女性更有可能吸烟。这些结果表明，韩国在制定禁烟政策时需要针对这些特定群体。
