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High Cigarette and Poly-Tobacco Use Among Workers in a Dusty Industry: New Jersey Quarry Workers
Judith M Graber1, Karen Worthington, Kirsten S Almberg
1Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute, Piscataway (Dr Graber); Consumer Environment and Occupational Health Service, New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services, Communicable Disease Service, New Jersey Department of Health, Trenton (Worthington); Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Illinois at Chicago (Almberg); Department of Environmental & Occupational Health, School of Public Health, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway (Dr Meng); Department of Medicine, National Jewish Health and University of Colorado, Denver (Dr Rose); Division of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Illinois at Chicago (Dr Cohen).
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.
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