Racial/ethnic workplace discrimination: association with tobacco and alcohol use.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Experiences of discrimination are associated with tobacco and alcohol use, and work is a common setting where individuals experience racial/ethnic discrimination. Few studies have evaluated the association between workplace discrimination and these behaviors, and none have described associations across race/ethnicity.

Purpose

To examine the association between workplace discrimination and tobacco and alcohol use in a large, multistate sample of U.S. adult respondents to the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System survey Reactions to Race Module (2004-2010).

Methods

Multivariable logistic regression analyses evaluated cross-sectional associations between self-reported workplace discrimination and tobacco (current and daily smoking) and alcohol use (any an

SUBMITTER: Chavez LJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4274219 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature