Divinakumar K J, Patra P, Prakash Jyoti, Daniel Arun
Deaprtment of Psychiatry, Command Hospital, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
Officer Commanding, Station Health Organization, Golconda Cantonment, Hyderabad, India.
Ind Psychiatry J. 2017 Jan-Jun;26(1):19-23. doi: 10.4103/ipj.ipj_14_17.
Tobacco use is an important preventable health risk factor in India.
This study was carried out to estimate the prevalence of current tobacco use, factors and extent of dependence associated with its use among male workers of an industrial organization.
A total of 759 participants randomly selected from the population of employees were administered questionnaire in Hindi containing demographic profile, patterns of smoking, and use of smokeless tobacco and alcohol.
Forty-one percent of the surveyed males ( = 750) used tobacco either by smoking or smokeless method or both (9.7% used both, 23.4% smoked, and 27.3% used smokeless tobacco). The maximum percentage was among the 26-30 years' age group, and the married persons (45.4%, OR = 2.17, < 0.05). Tobacco use was associated with lower educational qualifications, history of tobacco use in family members, and drinking alcohol. Seventy-two percent of the nicotine users reported being influenced by their peers in initiating the habit, 59.4% of the users reported being advised to stop tobacco use by a health professional, and 52.9% had attempted quitting the habit more than once. Twenty percent of our sample were dependent on nicotine and the highest prevalence was seen in those using both smoking and the smokeless tobacco.
The Prevalence of Tobacco Use and Nicotine Dependence among male industrial employees is significant and necessitates Tobacco awareness and cessation programs regarding Tobacco use.
在印度，烟草使用是一个重要的可预防的健康风险因素。
本研究旨在估计一家工业组织男性工人中当前烟草使用的患病率、相关因素以及与其使用相关的依赖程度。
从员工群体中随机抽取759名参与者，用印地语对其进行问卷调查，内容包括人口统计学特征、吸烟模式、无烟烟草和酒精的使用情况。
41%的受调查男性（n = 750）通过吸烟或无烟方式或两者兼用使用烟草（9.7%两者兼用，23.4%吸烟，27.3%使用无烟烟草）。最大比例出现在26 - 30岁年龄组以及已婚者中（45.4%，OR = 2.17，P < 0.05）。烟草使用与较低的教育程度、家庭成员的烟草使用史以及饮酒有关。72%的尼古丁使用者报告在开始养成该习惯时受到同伴影响，59.4%的使用者报告曾被健康专业人员建议戒烟，52.9%的使用者曾不止一次尝试戒烟。我们样本中有20%对尼古丁有依赖，在同时使用吸烟和无烟烟草的人群中患病率最高。
男性产业员工中烟草使用和尼古丁依赖的患病率较高，因此有必要开展关于烟草使用的烟草意识和戒烟项目。
