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http://dx.doi.org/10.7314/APJCP.2012.13.2.533

Predictors of Quitting Tobacco - Results of a Worksite Tobacco Cessation Service Program Among Factory Workers in Mumbai, india  

Pimple, Sharmila (Department of Preventive Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital)
Pednekar, Mangesh (Healis, Sekhsaria Institute for Public Health)
Mazumdar, Parishi (Department of Preventive Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital)
Goswami, Savita (Psychiatric Unit, Tata Memorial Hospital)
Shastri, Surendra (Department of Preventive Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital)
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Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention / v.13, no.2, 2012 , pp. 533-538 More about this Journal
Abstract
Background: Tobacco cessation would provide the most immediate benefits of tobacco control to prevent tobacco related disease morbidity and mortality. Methods: A tobacco cessation program involving individual and group behavior therapy was implemented in three stages at a worksite. Tobacco quit rates were assessed at the end of each contact session. Results: Out of the 291 tobacco users identified, 224 participated in the tobacco cessation interventions. At the end of three interventions, 38 (17%) users had successfully quit tobacco use. Presence of clinical oral pre-cancer lesion was found to be associated with quitting (p=0.02). Also tobacco users with oral pre-cancer lesions were around three times more likely to quit than those with no lesions (OR= 2.70 95% C.I= 1.20 - 6.05). Conclusion: Cost effective multi-pronged tobacco cessation approaches, inbuilt into other occupational health and welfare activities, are acceptable and feasible to achieve long term sustainable tobacco cessation programs at worksites.
Keywords
Tobacco cessation; individual counseling; group behavior therapy; India;
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