Smoking cessation among coal miners as predicted by baseline respiratory function and symptoms: a 5-year prospective study

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• Personal Author:
  Ames RG ; Hall DS
• Description:
  A prospective analysis was used to test whether respiratory impairment or the presence of respiratory symptoms predicts 5-year cigarette smoking cessation in a sample of 1,118 U.S. white, male, underground coal miners. Miners were examined in 1977 and re-examined in 1982 by NIOSH, and all miners with test abnormalities were so informed by letter. Respiratory impairment was measured by an index of airways obstruction combining the spirometric measures of Forced Vital Capacity (FVC) and Forced Expiratory Volume in 1 sec (FEV1). Bronchitis symptoms were measured by an index that combined chronic cough (3+ months/year) and chronic phlegm (3+ months/year). Among these coal miners, the presence of chronic respiratory symptoms initially was inversely associated with cigarette smoking cessation. Respiratory impairment, however, was positively associated with cigarette smoking cessation but did not reach statistical significance. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Mining Occupational Health Respiratory Function Tests Respiratory Tract Diseases Safety Smoke Smokers Tobacco Products
• Keywords:
  Cigarette-smoking Miners Mining-industry Pulmonary-system-disorders Respiratory-function-tests Respiratory-system-disorders Smoking Tobacco Tobacco-smoke
• ISSN:
  0091-7435
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; West Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  ALOSH - Appalachian Laboratory for Occupational Safety and Health
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  181-186
• Volume:
  14
• Issue:
  2
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20046178
• Citation:
  Prev Med 2015 Mar; 14(2):181-186
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1985
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  Preventive Medicine
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:21d05cd8bac1be71f926c1cdda648eb3694af088268abc6fd5b9e3a0064ed9cee6bdc9c1bdde902ae94809a2e9137b540cf06f37a8c385a2a20a0adf4332f334
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/201305/cdc_201305_DS1.pdf
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