Smoking status and its influence factors in female workers in public places in Hefei city

ObjectiveTo examine the smoking status and its influence factors among female workers in public places in Hefei city and to provide basis for tobacco control.MethodsWe conducted an in-person interview with a unified questionnaire in female workers working in hotel,catering,and entertainment places in Hefei city with stratified random sampling.The smoking and passive smoking status of the women were analyzed with descriptive statistic method and the influence factors of smoking were analyzed with non-conditional stepwise logistic regression.ResultsA total of 828 female workers were interviewed and the average age of the women was 21.2±2.5 year.The smoking rate among the female workers was 15.8% (46.6% for hotel and catering staff and 53.4% for the workers in entertainment places).The influence factors of smoking were marital status,number of roommate,working and life satisfaction,recent alcohol consumption,and the attitude toward smoking of female.ConclusionThe smoking rate of female workers in hotel and catering is lower than the results of other research in China,but the smoking rate of the female workers in entertainment places is at a high level.More attention should be paid on women's smoking status,especially the female workers in public places.