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Factors Associated with Smokeless Tobacco Use and Dual Use among Blue Collar Workers
Author(s) -
Noonan Devon,
Duffy Sonia A.
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
public health nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.471
H-Index - 55
eISSN - 1525-1446
pISSN - 0737-1209
DOI - 10.1111/phn.12095
Subject(s) - smokeless tobacco , psychological intervention , ethnic group , marital status , medicine , binge drinking , environmental health , cross sectional study , demography , blue collar , population , collar , gerontology , tobacco use , poison control , injury prevention , psychiatry , mechanical engineering , pathology , sociology , anthropology , engineering , labour economics , economics
Objectives To examine demographic and substance use factors associated with exclusive smokeless tobacco use ( SLT ) and dual use of both cigarettes and SLT among blue‐collar workers. Design and Sample This cross‐sectional study used data from the United States 2009 National Survey on Drug Use and Health. The sample ( n = 5,392) was restricted to respondents who were classified as blue collar workers by self‐report primary job title. Measures Various demographic variables, tobacco use and other substance use variables were examined. Results Respondents in this blue collar sample were 87% male and 64% Non‐Hispanic White. An estimated 9.5% ( SE = 0.6) of respondents were current SLT users; 5.3% ( SE = 0.4) were current exclusive SLT users, and 4.2% ( SE = 0.4) were current dual users of both SLT and cigarettes. Factors related to exclusive SLT use were gender, marital status, age, race/ethnicity, type of blue‐collar occupation, current binge drinking, and current marijuana use. Significant factors related to dual use were gender, marital status, age, race/ethnicity, type of blue‐collar occupation, current cigar smoking, current binge drinking, and current illicit drug use. Conclusions Rates of SLT use and dual use are high among U.S. blue‐collar workers, indicating a need for targeted, workplace cessation interventions. These interventions may also serve as a gateway for addressing other substance use behaviors in this population.