Effects of a supportive workplace environment on the success rate for smoking cessation camp

Woojin Kim; A Ram Kim; Minsu Ock; Young-Jee Jeon; Heun Lee; Daehwan Kim; Minjun Kim; Cheolin Yoo

doi:10.35371/aoem.2023.35.e48

Effects of a supportive workplace environment on the success rate for smoking cessation camp

Ann Occup Environ Med. 2023 Nov 22:35:e48. doi: 10.35371/aoem.2023.35.e48. eCollection 2023.

Authors

Woojin Kim^{1

2}, A Ram Kim¹, Minsu Ock³, Young-Jee Jeon⁴, Heun Lee¹, Daehwan Kim⁵, Minjun Kim¹, Cheolin Yoo^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Ulsan University Hospital, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Ulsan, Korea.
² Ulsan Smoking Cessation Support Center, Korean Health Promotion Institute, Ulsan, Korea.
³ Department of Preventive Medicine, Ulsan University Hospital, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Ulsan, Korea.
⁴ Department of Family Medicine, Ulsan University Hospital, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Ulsan, Korea.
⁵ Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Soonchunhyang University Gumi Hospital, Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine, Gumi, Korea.

Abstract

Background: This study was conducted to identify the success rate for smoking cessation over time after participation in a therapeutic smoking cessation camp, and to identify how participant characteristics, including a supportive workplace environment for smoking cessation (SWESC), affect the success rate for smoking cessation.

Methods: In all, 296 participants at smoking cessation camps in Ulsan between 2015 and 2020 were investigated. The success rates of smoking cessation after weeks 4, 6, 12, and 24 at camp were investigated. The participants were grouped as workers with an SWESC, and workers without an SWESC, and variables (age, education, household income, marital status, drinking, exercise, body mass index, morbidity, job, number of counseling sessions, cigarettes smoked per day and smoking initiation age) were investigated. Multiple logistic regression analysis was conducted at each time point. In addition, Cox regression analysis was performed to evaluate the variables affecting the success rate for smoking cessation over time.

Results: The smoking cessation success rate of workers with an SWESC at week 24 (90.7%) was higher than that for workers without an SWESC (60.5%). Multiple logistic regression was performed to determine the relationship between each variable and the success rates for smoking cessation at week 6, 12, and 24. SWESC was confirmed as significant (p < 0.05) variables for increased success rate for smoking cessation at all 3 time points. After adjusting for all variables, the Cox proportional hazards survival analysis showed a hazard ratio of 6.17 for SWESC (p < 0.001,; 95% confidence interval: 3.08-12.38).

Conclusions: At a professional treatment smoking cessation camp, participants with an SWESC showed a significantly higher success rate for smoking cessation. Supportive workplace environment for workers' health is expected to be an important factor for smoking cessation projects as well as other health promotion projects at workplace.

Keywords: heavy smoker; smoking cessation; smoking cessation camp; supportive workplace environment; workplace health promotion.