title: Cigarette Smoking Prevalence Among Adults Working in the Health Care and Social Assistance Sector, 2008 to 2012.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The primary objective of this study was to estimate current smoking among workers in the health care and social assistance sector.
  
  
  METHODS
  We analyzed the 2008 to 2012 National Health Interview Survey data for adults (age 18 years or more) working in health care and social assistance sector who reported current cigarette smoking.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Of the approximately 18.9 million health care and social assistance workers, 16.0% were current cigarette smokers. Smoking prevalence was highest in women (16.9%) and among workers: age 25 to 44 years (17.7%); with a high school education or less (24.4%); with income less than $35,000 (19.5%); with no health insurance (28.5%); in the nursing and residential care facilities (26.9%) industry; and in the material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing (34.7%) occupations.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These findings suggest that specific group of workers in the health care and social assistance sector might particularly benefit from cessation programs and incentives to quit smoking.
authors.affiliation: Division of Respiratory Disease Studies (Drs Syamlal, Mazurek, and Storey), National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Morgantown, West Virginia; and Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics (Dr Dube), School of Public Health, Georgia State University, Atlanta.
authors.forename: Girija
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Syamlal
authors.forename: Jacek M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Mazurek
authors.forename: Eileen
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Storey
authors.forename: Shanta R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Dube
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D019981:Health Care Sector; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016272:Occupational Health / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D015995:Prevalence; D012907:Smoking / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012947:Social Work; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D055815:Young Adult