Current Cigarette Smoking Among Workers in Accommodation and Food Services – United States, 2011–2013

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• Journal Article:
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
• Personal Author:
  Syamlal, Girija ; Jamal, Ahmed ; Mazurek, Jacek M.
• Description:
  Summary: What is already known on this topic? Despite progress in reducing smoking prevalence over the past several decades, millions of working adults still smoke cigarettes, the most commonly used tobacco product in the United States. During 2004-2010, 19.6% of U.S. working adults were cigarette smokers. Among them, workers in the accommodation and food services sector had one of the highest smoking prevalences (30.0%). What is added by this report? During 2011-2013, accommodation and food services workers had nearly 50% higher smoking prevalences than all other U.S. workers, and no significant changes in cigarette smoking prevalence were observed among these workers since 2004-2010. Workers in the accommodation and food service industries and in most occupations within the sector had high smoking prevalences, which were greater than the target of Healthy People 2020 target of ≤12% for U.S. adults. What are the implications for public health practice? Continued implementation of effective public health interventions and adoption of integrated approaches to address health risks from both the work environment and individual behavior can reduce smoking-related disparities. Employers, businesses, trade associations, and worker representatives can work in partnership with their state and local health departments in implementing evidence-based policies and programs to reduce the prevalence of smoking among the working population. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Behavior Demography Food Handling Food Industry Health Promotion Occupational Health Public Health Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety Smokers Surveys And Questionnaires Tobacco Products Workplace

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• Keywords:
  Smoking; Cigarette-smoking; Tobacco; Surveillance-programs; Health-surveys; Demographic-characteristics; Service-industries; Food-services; Public-health; Behavior; Work-environment; Worker-health; Health-programs; Risk-factors; National Health Interview Survey; NHIS
• Source:
  MMWR 2015 Jul; 64(29):797-801
• Series:
  Weekly Report: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• ISSN:
  0149-2195
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Georgia ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 4 ; West Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DRDS - Division of Respiratory Disease Studies
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  5 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Neff, Linda J. ; Schoenborn, Charlotte A.
• Volume:
  64
• Issue:
  29
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20046522
• Citation:
  MMWR 2015 Jul; 64(29):797-801
• Email:
  gsyamlal@cdc.gov
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2015
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:148750e7c945501a116941970ca1e9c54a3fc670b6eb88b9171cc9a00b970264e8e15a20d45ee367d7c0660dc05de1750d2f5644df25925b6d41fb7bf711cdfc
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/183056/cdc_183056_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
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