Abstract
Objectives: The aim of this study was to identify factors related increased smoking time among male workers during the COVID-19 pandemic in South Korea. Methods: Cross-sectional exploratory study based on data collected from Data from the 23th Korean Labor and Income Panel Study in 2020 were performed in this study. 2,249 male workers were selected to participate in this study. Logistic regression models were used to examine personal, occupational and impact of COVID-19 on human life associated with increased smoking time. Results: Of all participants, 2,055 responded with ‘no changed smoking time’ and 194 responded with ‘increased smoking time’ regarding changed the time of smoking during COVID-19. Increased smoking time was associated with having physical disability, employment type(temporary job, daily contract job), types of occupation(unpaid family worker, skilledㆍunskilled worker, and serviceㆍsales worker), and impact of COVID-19 on human life (health, contact with friends and acquaintance, recruitmentㆍjob searchㆍstart-up, change in sleeping time, decreased income). Conclusion: This evidence suggests an association between increased smoking time and impact of COVID-19 and implies that smoking cessation programmes may benefit from taking into account the modification of impact of COVID-19 on life change for male workers and work environment.
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