title: Work environment and smoking cessation over a five-year period.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology and Sociology, National Institute of Occupational Health, Copenhagen, Denmark. ka@ami.dk
authors.forename: Karen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Albertsen
authors.forename: Harald
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hannerz
authors.forename: Vilhelm
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Borg
authors.forename: Hermann
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Burr
mesh_terms: 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*