The Predominance of Tobacco Propensities and Tobacco-Related Oral Lesions in Textile Mill Workers of Bhopal: A Cross-Sectional Study

Introduction: Low wages, long work hours, and stressful working conditions predominantly affect the oral general health of industrial workers, which in turn result their tobacco consumption. This cross-sectional study examined prevalence use its associated lesions among textile mill workers Bhopal, India. Oral cancer premalignant are significantly increased by smoking chewing tobacco. The study's objective was to assess record mucosal linked different age groups Bhopal industry workers. Methodology: A conducted 583 Data were collected using a questionnaire WHO Health Assessment Form 2013. IBM SPSS Statistics for Windows, Version 29 (Released 2022; Corp., Armonk, New York, United States) used statistical analysis. Variables compared mean, percentage, standard deviation. chi-square test Fisher's exact compare distribution gender, habits, groups. Results: Males made up 69.1% workforce. clear male preference noted (P ≤ 0.001). About 64.7% did not have any tobacco-related 20.8% smokeless tobacco, 7.9% form 6.7% both. Older groups, 31-45 >46 years old, had higher proportion users most commonly reported ulcerative 6.9%, followed submucous fibrosis (OSMF), keratotic lesions, leukoplakia 5.0%, 4.1%, 3.6% population, respectively. Leukoplakia OSMF prevalent 31-45-year group, while more 18-30-year group Conclusion: Workers at mills likely rates as smoking, younger group. older frequently include leukoplakia. main reasons engaging habit stress lack awareness. hygiene neglected entity