Table 2

Occupational differences in smoking status and cigarette smoking-related heath knowledge stratified by sex

CharacteristicsN (%) or mean (SD)P value*
Office workersOthers
Totaln=1122n=6592
 Age, mean (SD)45.5 (11.8)46.8 (12.9)0.001
 Female325 (29.0)5174 (78.5)<0.001
 Full-time employment466 (41.5)1334 (20.2)<0.001
 Current smoking status
  Never smokers518 (46.2)4062 (61.6)<0.001
  Former smokers273 (24.3)1155 (17.5)<0.001
  Current smoker331 (29.5)1375 (20.9)<0.001
   Combustible cigarette smokers222 (19.8)995 (15.1)<0.001
   Dual smokers46 (4.1)214 (3.2)0.143
   HTPs smokers63 (5.6)166 (2.5)<0.001
 Total score, mean (SD)†2.9 (1.4)2.7 (1.3)<0.001
  Asthma794 (70.8)4581 (69.5)0.391
  Lung cancer1042 (92.9)6150 (93.3)0.600
  Stroke509 (45.4)2671 (40.5)0.002
  Angina/myocardial infarction540 (48.1)2707 (41.1)<0.001
  Periodontal disease342 (30.5)1789 (27.1)0.021
Malen=797n=1418
 Age, mean (SD)45.4 (11.8)37.4 (13.9)<0.001
 Full-time employment426 (53.5)923 (65.1)<0.001
 Current smoking status
  Never smokers304 (38.1)707 (49.9)<0.001
  Former smokers219 (27.5)247 (17.4)<0.001
  Current smoker274 (34.4)464 (32.7)0.427
   Combustible cigarette smokers178 (22.3)327 (23.1)0.696
   Dual smokers41 (5.1)82 (5.8)0.529
   HTPs smokers55 (6.9)55 (3.9)0.002
 Total score, mean (SD)3.0 (1.4)2.6 (1.4)<0.001
  Asthma574 (72.0)908 (64.0)<0.001
  Lung cancer752 (94.4)1286 (90.7)0.002
  Stroke385 (48.3)589 (41.5)0.002
  Angina/myocardial infarction411 (51.6)507 (35.8)<0.001
  Periodontal disease261 (32.7)453 (31.9)0.699
Femalen=325n=5174
 Age, mean (SD)45.7 (11.8)49.4 (11.4)<0.001
 Full-time employment40 (12.3)411 (7.9)0.005
 Current smoking status
  Never smokers214 (65.8)3355 (64.8)0.713
  Former smokers54 (16.6)908 (17.5)0.667
  Current smoker57 (17.5)911 (17.6)0.975
   Combustible cigarette smokers44 (13.5)668 (12.9)0.744
   Dual smokers5 (1.5)132 (2.6)0.256
   HTPs smokers8 (2.5)111 (2.1)0.704
 Total score, mean (SD)2.6 (1.4)2.7 (1.3)0.069
  Asthma220 (67.7)3673 (71.0)0.205
  Lung cancer290 (89.2)4864 (94.0)0.001
  Stroke124 (38.2)2082 (40.2)0.457
  Angina/myocardial infarction129 (39.7)2200 (42.5)0.317
  Periodontal disease81 (24.9)1336 (25.8)0.719
  • *P values for t-test or χ2 test.

  • †Total scores were created by summing up each link known.

  • HTPs, heated tobacco products.