ArticleTurkish thoracic journal2017
The Effect of Working in a Smoke-Free Workplace on use of Smoking and Smokeless Tobacco.
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- The association of workplace smoke-free policies on individual smoking and quitting-related behaviours.BMC public health · 2021Article
- Analyzing the Relationship Between Air Pollution, Tobacco Use with Lung Diseases via Data Engineering Approach.Turkish thoracic journal · 2021Article
- Smoking at the workplaces in Italy after the smoking ban in the Lazio Region.La Medicina del lavoro · 2021Article
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Abstract
objectivesThe aim of this study was to evaluate whether smokeless tobacco (Maras powder) use increased among smokers working at smoke-free workplaces or not. MATERIAL AND
methodsIn Kahramanmaraş city, 242 male workers who were current or former smokers, working at strictly smoke-free workplaces were included in this study. A total of 21 questions, including the Fagerstrom Test for Nicotine Dependence, were asked.
resultsAll the participants were male with a mean age of 29.33±6.66 years, and the age range was 17-55 years. Current smokers were 90 (37.2%) and former smokers were 152 (62.8%). Former smokers were asked the reason why they quit smoking; the predominant reasons were the health hazards of smoking and the financial burden of cigarettes. The quitting rate was significantly higher among married participants (p=0.023). Maras powder users were 184 (76%), users who never smoked were 54 (22.3%), and former users were 4 (1.7%). We asked the Maras powder users if they had been using it before the smoking bans, and 96 workers (51.1%) answered "no." The question "Did the use of Maras powder increase with smoking bans"? was asked, and 118 workers (62.8%) answered "yes." The level of education among Maras powder users was significantly lower than non-users (p=0.001).
conclusionWorking in smoke-free workplaces is associated with increased rates of quitting smoking and also with increased use of Maras powder, a local form of oral smokeless tobacco.
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