title: Heavy and light/moderate smoking among building trades construction workers.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of the study was to identify the correlates of heavy smoking (defined as more than one pack of cigarettes per day) in building trades construction workers.
  
  
  METHODS
  This study used cross-sectional data from the MassBUILT smoking cessation intervention study at Massachusetts building trades unions with the sample of 763 smokers.
  
  
  METHODS
  Data collected included information about smoking behavior, individual, psychological, interpersonal, and occupational factors obtained through self-reported questionnaires.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Approximately 21% of smokers were heavy smokers. Significant factors related to heavy smoking were: older age (OR = 1.10; 95% CI: 1.06-1.14), male gender (OR = 4.55; 95% CI: 1.62-12.79), smoking the first cigarette of the day within 30 min of waking (OR = 4.62; 95% CI: 2.81-7.59), smoking initiation at earlier age (OR = 0.93; 95% CI: 0.87-1.00), higher temptation to smoke (OR = 1.55; 95% CI: 1.17-2.05), household smoking (OR = 1.90; 95% CI: 1.18-3.06) or living alone (OR = 4.11; 95% CI: 1.70-9.92), and exposure to chemicals at work (OR = 1.61; 95% CI: 1.06-2.53).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Addressing the influence of these factors on heavy smoking could lead to the development of targeted, multiple components in comprehensive cessation strategies for blue-collar smokers.
authors: Department of Community Health Systems, School of Nursing, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94143-0608, USA. dal.chin@ucsf.edu
authors: Dal Lae
authors: DL
authors: Chin
authors: OiSaeng
authors: O
authors: Hong
authors: Marion
authors: M
authors: Gillen
authors: Michael N
authors: MN
authors: Bates
authors: Cassandra A
authors: CA
authors: Okechukwu
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D060389:Construction Industry; D005260:Female; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D007750:Labor Unions; D008297:Male; D008404:Massachusetts; D009786:Occupational Health Services / Q000379:methods / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012737:Sex Factors; D012907:Smoking / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D016540:Smoking Cessation / Q000379:methods* / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014026:Nicotiana; D055815:Young Adult