Objective To explore psychological causes like smoking motivation

self-efficacy of smoking control and sensation seeking of the different smoking behavior in rookie workers.Method 620 rookie workers were surveyed with Russell smoking cause questionnaires

sensation seeking questionnaires and questionnaires for self-efficacy of smoking control.Results The top three major smoking motivations were for excitement

relaxation and pleasure.Rookie workers with different smoking behavior had different levels of sensation seeking and the difference was statistically significant（F=300.31

P<0.01）;never-quitting smokers had the highest level of sensation seeking while non-smokers had the lowest level of sensation seeking.The self-efficacy of smoking control in rookie workers were different and the difference was statistically significant（F=708.58

P<0.01）;non-smokers had the highest scores for self-efficacy of smoking control while never-quitting smokers got the lowest scores.Conclusion The level of sensation seeking and self-efficacy of smoking control are relevant to the smoking behavior of rookie workers.