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  • Occupational Health
  • Public Health
  • Behavioral Science

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  • Employee work schedules are increasingly recognized as potential determinants of health behaviors.
  • Smoking cessation remains a significant public health challenge globally.
  • Understanding factors influencing cessation success is vital for developing effective interventions.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the association between different employee work schedules and the failure rate of smoking cessation.
  • To determine if age modifies the relationship between work schedule and smoking cessation outcomes.

Main Methods:

  • A logistic regression analysis was performed on data from 4927 male workers who attempted smoking cessation.
  • Data were sourced from the Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (2007-2015, excluding 2013).
  • Analysis included adjusted models stratifying participants by age (19-40 and 41-60 years) and controlling for demographic and occupational variables.

Main Results:

  • Smoking cessation failure rates varied significantly across work schedules and age groups.
  • The younger age group (19-40 years) exhibited higher failure rates across all work schedules compared to the older group (41-60 years).
  • Fixed overnight workers demonstrated the highest failure rate (90.9%), with an adjusted odds ratio of 3.30 for cessation failure compared to daytime workers, particularly pronounced in the younger cohort (OR 3.74).

Conclusions:

  • Fixed overnight work schedules are associated with a negative impact on smoking cessation success.
  • Age is a significant factor, with younger workers facing greater challenges in quitting when working overnight.
  • Work schedule-specific, tailored anti-smoking interventions are necessary to improve cessation outcomes.