Smoking Rate Trends in U.S. Occupational Groups: The 1987 to 2004 National Health Interview Survey

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• Personal Author:
  Arheart KL ; Caban AJ ; Christ SL ; Chung-Bridges K ; Fleming, Lora E. ; LeBlanc WG ; Lee DJ ; McCollister KE ; Pitman T
• Description:
  OBJECTIVE: It is unknown if the gap in smoking rates observed between United States blue- and white-collar workers over the past four decades has continued into the new millennium. METHODS: The National Health Interview Survey is a nationally representative survey of the US civilian population. Smoking and current occupational status were assessed over survey periods 1987 to 1994 and 1997 to 2004 (n= 298,042). RESULTS: There were significant annual reductions in smoking rates for all adult US workers in both survey periods. Several blue-collar groups had greater annual smoking rate reductions in the most recent survey period relative to the earlier survey period. However, the majority of blue-collar worker groups had pooled 1997 to 2004 smoking rates in excess of the 24.5% smoking prevalence noted for all workers. CONCLUSION: Development of effective smoking prevention strategies specifically targeting blue-collar groups is warranted. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Hazardous Substances Mass Behavior Occupational Health Public Health Safety Smoke Smokers
• Keywords:
  Group-behavior Health-hazards Public-health Smoke-control Smoking Surveillance-programs Worker-health Workers
• ISSN:
  1076-2752
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Florida ; North Carolina ; OSHA Region 4
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  75-81
• Volume:
  49
• Issue:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20031528
• Citation:
  J Occup Environ Med 2007 Jan; 49(1):75-81
• Contact Point Address:
  David J. Lee, PhD, Department of Epidemiology & Public Health, University of Miami School of Medicine, P.O. Box 016069 (R-699), Miami, FL 33101
• Email:
  dlee@med.miami.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2007
• Performing Organization:
  University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, Florida
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20020901
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
• End Date:
  20120831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:f57aa05df1285c094a8b2dc422aae49f63dbc39029ce4c8731e52e0819d0a70850445c32da638234fc7f2a8f64f54732f2c33d8b66bf8937ab6cff8cc88df484
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/185786/cdc_185786_DS1.pdf
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