Smoking and occupation from the European Community Respiratory Health Survey.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Smoking is among the most important personal and modifiable risk factors for adverse health outcomes. The workplace offers a potentially effective venue for tobacco prevention programmes; identifying occupational groups with high smoking prevalence may assist in targeting such programmes. AIMS:To examine smoking prevalence among occupational groups in the European Union. METHODS:The European Community Respiratory Health Survey (ECRHS), a cross sectional health survey conducted in 1992-93, was used to examine smoking prevalence by occupation among 14 565 subjects from 30 centres in 14 participating countries. RESULTS:There was an approximately twofold range in smoking prevalence by occupation. For occupational groups with at least 50 subjects, the highest smoking prevalence was s

SUBMITTER: McCurdy SA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1740626 | biostudies-literature | 2003 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature