title: [Integrated tobacco production: health, labor, and working conditions of tobacco farmers in Southern Brazil].
abstract: This study aimed to analyze the tobacco farming and marketing process in an integrated system and tobacco farmers' living and working conditions in Southern Brazil. A qualitative study was conducted from December 2010 to August 2011, with 31 semi-structured interviews with tobacco farmers and key informants, besides participant observation. The principal analytical reference was the ergological perspective. The integrated system allows the tobacco industry to control the amounts paid and the tobacco's quality. Tobacco growing features high cost of inputs, farmers' indebtedness, insufficient crop insurance, and intensive use of family labor. Accident and disease risks were associated with work in tobacco farming. According to the dynamic three-pole model proposed by ergology, dealing with these problems requires confronting the workers' knowledge with technical and scientific knowledge, linked with ethical and social responsibility.
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brasil.
authors.forename: Deise Lisboa
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Riquinho
authors.affiliation: Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil.
authors.forename: Élida Azevedo
authors.initials: ÉA
authors.lastname: Hennington
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001938:Brazil; D000067565:Farmers / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016273:Occupational Exposure; D036301:Qualitative Research; D012424:Rural Population; D014026:Nicotiana / Q000254:growth & development*; D019460:Tobacco Industry / Q000191:economics* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D017132:Workplace