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Mariko Inoue¹, Satoshi Toyokawa², Yuji Miyoshi³, Yukie Miyano³, Toshiko Suzuki³, Yasuo Suyama⁴, Kazuo Inoue¹, and Yasuki Kobayashi⁵. (1) Department of Public Health, University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-0033, Japan, +81-3-5841-3492, inoue-ph@umin.ac.jp, (2) Graduate School of Medicine, Department of Public Health, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo, Tokyo, 113-0033, Japan, (3) Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company, 2-1-1 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 100-0005, Japan, (4) Meiji Yasuda LIfe Foundation of Health and Welfare, 1-8-3 Nishishinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 160-0023, Japan, (5) Department of Public Health, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo, Tokyo, 1130033, Japan

OBJECTIVE

Several social factors were known to influence smoking behavior. The purpose of this study was to identify the workers' environment factors related to smoking behavior in a Japanese workplace.

METHOD

We investigated 24,565 female and 6,735 male workers aged 21-65 years in a Japanese company. They were asked to respond a self-administrated questionnaire in October 2004. Working environment and demographic data were analyzed to identify factors related to smoking behavior. These analyses were performed in each sex and age-group by logistic regression analysis.

RESULTS

8,316 (33.9%) female workers and 3,099 (46.0%) male workers were smokers.

In total, male smokers had 1.94 (confidence interval: CI 1.66-2.26) and female smokers had 2.14 (CI:2.00-2.28) times more smokers in their family. Male smokers were 2.28 (CI:2.06-2.53) times more and female smokers were 2.34 (CI:2.19-2.51) times more likely to have smoking colleagues than non-smokers. Odds ratio of smokers who do not have anybody relies on them was 1.64 (CI:1.35-1.98) in men and 1.45 (CI:1.28-1.65) in women. Female smokers who had high-strain job was 1.22 (CI:1.08-1.39) times more than non-smokers while no significant result was found in men.

Furthermore, we could see age-group specific results. Female smokers in twenties were 3.25 (CI: 2.69-3.93) more likely to have smoking colleagues than non-smokers. Odds ratio of male smokers in twenties who do not have anybody relies on them was 3.06 (CI: 1.85-5.03).

CONCLUSION

Our results show that working environment might be related to smoking behavior among Japanese workers.

Learning Objectives:

• Participants will be able to recognize smokers'characteristics and their working environment in a Japanese workplace

Keywords: Smoking, Worksite

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

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