High Cigarette and Poly-Tobacco Use Among Workers in a Dusty Industry: New Jersey Quarry Workers

Details

• Personal Author:
  Almberg KS ; Cohen RA ; Graber JM ; Meng Q ; Rose CS ; Worthington K
• Description:
  Objective: Tobacco use is high among US extraction and construction workers, who can also incur occupational dust exposure. Information on different types of tobacco use among quarry/mine workers is sparse. Methods: During mandated training sessions, New Jersey quarry workers were surveyed about their tobacco use. Prevalence was calculated for single and multiple tobacco use by demographic and workplace characteristics; logistic regression was used to assess associations with smoking. Results: Two hundred forty (97.1%) workers completed surveys. Among respondents, 41.7% [95% confidence interval (95% CI) 35.4 to 48.3] currently used any tobacco product of whom 28.1% smoked cigarettes. In multivariate analysis, positive associations with smoking included working as a contractor versus mine employee (odds ratio 2.32, 95% CI 1.01 to 5.36) and a usual job title of maintenance (odds ratio 2.02, 95% CI 0.87 to 4.94). Conclusion: Industry-specific information may be helpful in developing targeted tobacco-cessation programs. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Dust Mining Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Safety Smokers Tobacco Products
• Keywords:
  Cigarette Smoking Dust Exposure Mine Workers Occupational Exposure Quarry Workers Smoking Surface Mining Tobacco
• ISSN:
  1076-2752
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Colorado ; Illinois ; New Jersey ; OSHA Region 2 ; OSHA Region 5 ; OSHA Region 8
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  58
• Issue:
  4
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20063532
• Citation:
  J Occup Environ Med 2016 Apr; 58(4):e133-e139
• Contact Point Address:
  Judith M. Graber, PhD, MS, Rutgers The State University of New Jersey, 170 Frelinghuysen Road, 234D, Piscataway, NJ 08854
• Email:
  graber@eohsi.rutgers.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2016
• Performing Organization:
  University of Illinois at Chicago
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
• End Date:
  20290630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:33837c4a2468920db7aa9c2f17582307b080e245d3601f703b213696366511dbba732ad34ce41d696e5d126ea8cb5ce5148c04b0f24a92cc79f5a1d71c43ffc0
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/222122/cdc_222122_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 257.68 KB ]