Smoking cessation at the worksite: what works and what is the role of occupational health?

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• Personal Author:
  Sorensen G
• Description:
  This paper presents a model for worksite smoking cessation that is embedded in a comprehensive approach to worker health. A comprehensive approach to worker health is defined as one which addresses multiple factors " influencing worker health, including efforts to reduce exposures to workplace hazards, modify job factors to support ' healthy outcomes, and promote health-enhancing behaviors, including non-smoking. By definition, a comprehensive approach must target multiple levels of influence, including the levels of the work environment, the workplace organization, interpersonal supports, and the individual worker. This model draws heavily on research conducted in the tobacco control arena, and also extends that research to conceptualize a comprehensive model for worker health that incorporates both tobacco control and occupational health. This paper recommends promising intervention strategies following a structure for intervening at multiple levels of influence within the worksite, and describes methods and priorities for future research.
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Behavior Law Enforcement Mental Health Occupational Health Safety Stress, Psychological
• Keywords:
  Occupational-exposure Occupational-health-programs Smoking Tobacco-constituents Tobacco-smoke Work-environment Workers
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Conference/Symposia Proceedings
• Place as Subject:
  Massachusetts ; OSHA Region 1
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  99-120
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20022273
• Citation:
  Work, Smoking, and Health: A NIOSH Scientific Workshop, 2002 Sep; :99-120
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2002
• NORA Priority Area:
  Research Tools and Approaches: Intervention Effectiveness Research
• Performing Organization:
  Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  19990930
• Source Full Name:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• End Date:
  20030929
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:2e54fcd034990fa5140c79b89b0d4cb317c184e2cc9beea87ac527a9222055fe7c6f84cddab391ec8953b2fb0b0deb4f074c05a71df59ed29673c1c567263323
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/181115/cdc_181115_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.10 MB ]