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| Year : 2017 | Volume
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| Issue : 4 | Page : 210-214 |
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Tobacco use behavior among construction site workers of Delhi, India
Mamta Parashar1, Shridhar Dwivedi2, Mitasha Singh3, Bilkish Patavegar1, Milan Bhardwaj4
1 Department of Community Medicine, Hamdard Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, New Delhi, India
2 Department of Medicine and Preventive Cardiology, National Heart Institute, New Delhi, India
3 Department of Community Medicine, ESIC Medical College and Hospital, Faridabad, Haryana, India
4 Department of Cardiology, Max Smart Hospital, New Delhi, India
Correspondence Address:
Mitasha Singh
Department of Community Medicine, ESIC Medical College and Hospital, Faridabad, Haryana
India
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DOI: 10.4103/ijhas.IJHAS_65_17
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BACKGROUND: Despite various initiatives, menace of tobacco problem still remains a cause of concern globally. Job of construction site workers is primarily monotonous which predisposes to tobacco habit.
OBJECTIVE: Assessing behavior regarding tobacco consumption among construction site workers of Delhi.
METHODOLOGY: A cross-sectional study was carried out among all construction site workers of Hamdard Institute of Medical Sciences and Research and associated HAH centenary hospital, New Delhi. Study included 172 workers for a period of 6 months.
RESULTS: Majority (91%) were tobacco users, and out of these, 49% were using smokeless tobacco, 29% were consuming bidi/cigarette, and 22% were consuming both. Tobacco as cause of cancer was named by 55.8%, while other diseases named were cough (39.5%), tuberculosis (17.4%), and other diseases (25.6%). Warning labels lead to the thought of quitting tobacco in 62.8%. Most common place (97.4%) for tobacco consumption was workplace.
CONCLUSION: Hence the views of workers are of great importance before implementing any anti-tobacco measures at workplace.
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