1 International Journal of Drug Research And Dental Science International Journal of Drug Research and Dental Science Volume 2 Issue 1 (Page: 1-4), 2020 ISSN: 2582-0826 Assessment of Tobacco-Related Oral Practices Among Young Adult Workers Involved in Building Construction of Noida Area, India-A Cross-Sectional Survey Preeti Gupta 1 , Vivek Kumar Sharma 2 , Karnika Yadav 3 , Pramod Kumar Yadav 4* , Prateek Jain 5 , Ravinder Singh 6 1 Senior Lecture Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, I.T.S Dental college Muradnagar New Delhi, India. 2 Professor Department of Periodontics and Community Dentistry, Dr. Z. A. Dental College AMU Aligarh India. 3 Senior Lecture Department of Public Health and Community Dentistry, Nepal Medical College Teaching Hospital, Kathmandu Nepal. 4 Assistant Professor, Department of Periodontics and Community Dentistry, Dr. Z. A. Dental College AMU Aligarh India. E-mail: pramod468@gmail.com 5 Senior Lecture Department of Public Health Dentistry, Maharana Pratap College of Dentistry & Research Centre, Gwalior, India. 6 MPH, Epidemiologist (IDSP/NVBDCP) Punjab, India. Original Article ABSTRACT Oral health status of an individual is determined by multiple intrinsic and extrinsic factors. Dental health care seeking behaviour is an intrinsic factor that can influence the oral health status of an individual. A cross-sectional survey was conducted among young adult workers involved in building construction of Noida, India. A total of 340 subjects between 18-50 years of age were selected for the study. It contains the demographic profile, which includes age, gender, qualification, employment, residence, and oral adverse habits. Chi-square test and Fisher Exact test were used. When compared with literacy level and adverse oral habits results were significant as compare to residence address. Keywords: Cross-sectional survey, Smoking, Tobacco, Laborers Introduction Oral habit refers to overindulgence in and dependence on various chemical substances mainly the use of tobacco & alcohol leading to effects that are detrimental to the individual's physical and mental health. Smoking, chewing and consumption of alcoholic beverages have become common social habits in India.1Tobacco and alcohol use has been estimated to account for 50% of squamous cell carcinoma and that is about 30% of worldwide cancer burden. The prevalence of these habits was found to be more among men as compared to women. Also, the prevalence was higher among the rural population..2Tobacco products