Prevalence of Cigarette Smoking by Occupation in the U.S. Population, 1988–1991

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• Personal Author:
  Bang KM ; Kim JH ; Roberts SS
• Description:
  The Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES III), 1988-1994, is a 6-year survey conducted by the National Center for Health Statistics. Included in NHANES III is data on the cigarette smoking status of U.S. noninstitutionalized civilians obtained through household interview surveys. NHANES III data consist of two data sets: Phase 1 (1988-1991) and Phase 2 (1992-1994). To estimate the prevalence of cigarette smoking across occupational groups and compute standard errors, we analyzed NHANES III-Phase I data with SUDAAN, a statistical software which incorporates sample weights. Based on the 9,477 sampled adults, 20 years of age and older, the overall prevalence of cigarette smoking was 30.9% (95% CI=28.6-33.1). Cigarette smoking prevalence was significantly higher (p<0.001) among blue-collar workers (44%, 95% CI=40.3-47.7) than white-collar workers (25.7%, 95% CI=22.9-28.5). Among occupational groups of which more than 30 employees were sampled, cigarette smoking was most prevalent among construction laborers (54.6%), where-as the lowest smoking prevalence was found among freight and material handlers (12.7%). These findings provide information useful for targeting educational activities focusing on adverse health effects of cigarette smoking and smoking cessation programs. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Chemistry Cyanides Hot Temperature Mining Occupational Health Safety Temperature
• Keywords:
  Cigarette-smoking Construction-industry Construction-workers Industrial-hazards Materials-handling Mortality-rates Occupational-hazards Preventive-medicine Smoking
• ISSN:
  0002-9262
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Abstract or Summary
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; 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
• Volume:
  145
• Issue:
  11
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20034014
• Citation:
  Am J Epidemiol 1997 Jun; 145(11)(Suppl):S61
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1997
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  American Journal of Epidemiology
• Supplement:
  Suppl
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:ed5bee472782386df0e4e19bd50cbae69a206867b02f47b5762c0b4e197f1d631b4e8879874f113e8f1156b6ec9ff53e947986d4a79e0175d4e8bdaee46730fe
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/189403/cdc_189403_DS1.pdf
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