Cigarette smoking prevalence among adults working in the health care and social assistance sector, 2008 to 2012

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• Personal Author:
  Dube SR ; Mazurek JM ; Storey, Eileen ; Syamlal G
• Description:
  Objective: The primary objective of this study was to estimate current smoking among workers in the health care and social assistance sector. Methods: We analyzed the 2008 to 2012 National Health Interview Survey data for adults (age 18 years or more) working in health care and social assistance sector who reported current cigarette smoking. Results: Of the approximately 18.9 million health care and social assistance workers, 16.0% were current cigarette smokers. Smoking prevalence was highest in women (16.9%) and among workers: age 25 to 44 years (17.7%); with a high school education or less (24.4%); with income less than $35,000 (19.5%); with no health insurance (28.5%); in the nursing and residential care facilities (26.9%) industry; and in the material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing (34.7%) occupations. Conclusions: These findings suggest that specific group of workers in the health care and social assistance sector might particularly benefit from cessation programs and incentives to quit smoking. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Aging Education Health Personnel Health Promotion Lung Diseases Occupational Health Respiratory Tract Diseases Safety Smokers Surveys And Questionnaires Tobacco Products Women

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• Keywords:
  Age-groups Cigarette-smoking Disease-prevention Health-care-personnel Health-programs Health-surveys Information-retrieval-systems Lung-disorders Nursing Pulmonary-system-disorders Respiratory-system-disorders Service-industries Smoking Sociology Surveillance-programs

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• ISSN:
  1076-2752
• 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 ; RHD - Respiratory Health Division
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  57
• Issue:
  10
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20046859
• Citation:
  J Occup Environ Med 2015 Oct; 57(10):1107-1112
• Contact Point Address:
  Girija Syamlal, MBBS, MPH, 1095 Willowdale Road, Mail Stop HG 900.2, Morgantown, WV 26505
• Email:
  gsyamlal@cdc.gov
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2016
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:ddead5a809850dbb020586975f50796559599a4023b39c2f98e03c3e4637d8db58ddb938bc86d9e4a3279c930f38b484e4cae9dc7e8d7cd91e460c49c4c5ff1b
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/202139/cdc_202139_DS1.pdf
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