ABSTRACT

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. Aim: Assessing behavior regarding tobacco consumption among construction site workers of Delhi. Methodology: A cross-sectional study was carried out among all daily wage workers of Indian Oil Corporation Limited, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. Study included 221 workers by distributing a questionnaire in person to all the participants in English, Hindi, and reginal language (Tamil), Results: Majority (86%) were tobacco users, and out of these, 46% were using smokeless tobacco, 44% were consuming bidi, and 54% were consuming cigarettes. Tobacco as cause of cancer was named by 53%. 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. Keywords: Behaviour, Daily wage worker, tobacco use
Publication date: 01/06/2022

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https://doi.org/10.31032/IJBPAS/2022/11.6.6177