Work environment and smoking cessation over a five-year period.
OBJECTIVE
The authors set out to estimate effects of occupational factors on smoking cessation among Danish employees.


METHODS
Data from 3,606 observations of smokers gathered from the Danish National Work Environment Cohort Study in 1990, 1995, and 2000 were analysed by logistic regression. The model comprised background variables, smoking variables, and measures of psychosocial and other aspects of the work environment.


RESULTS
Statistically significant odds ratios (OR) for cessation were found for medium versus no exposure to noise (OR 0.71, 95% CI 0.54-0.93), for high versus low physical workload (OR 0.49, 95% CI 0.47-0.73), for high versus low psychological demands (OR 1.42, 95% CI 1.12-1.80), and for medium versus low levels of responsibility at work (OR 1.31, 95% CI 1.03-1.65).


CONCLUSIONS
The probability of smoking cessation differs between people with different exposures to certain work environmental factors.
Albertsen
Karen
K
Department of Psychology and Sociology, National Institute of Occupational Health, Copenhagen, Denmark. ka@ami.dk
Hannerz
Harald
H
Borg
Vilhelm
V
Burr
Hermann
H
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D003718:Denmark / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009623:Noise, Occupational; D016273:Occupational Exposure; D016272:Occupational Health / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D026684:Personal Autonomy; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012907:Smoking / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D016540:Smoking Cessation / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D016526:Workload / Q000523:psychology; D017132:Workplace / Q000523:psychology*