Background
Methods
Results
Workplace Smoking Restrictions Present‡ | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Yes
|
No
| |||||
Occupation
|
NHIS
Pooled
Sample
Size
|
US
Worker
Population
Estimate
|
US
Worker
Population
Estimate of
Smokeless
Tobacco
Use
|
Percent and
[95% CI
†
]
Using
Smokeless
Tobacco
|
Percent and
[95% CI
†
]
Using
Smokeless
Tobacco
|
Percent and
[95% CI
†
]
Using
Smokeless
Tobacco
|
All Workers
| 125,838 | 103,073,889 | 3,635,403 |
3.53
[3.34-3.72]
|
1.89
[1.70-2.11]
|
3.27
[2.78-3.85]
|
White Collar
| 75,392 | 61,229,033 | 1,198,169 |
1.96
[1.82-2.11]
|
1.16
[0.99-1.36]
|
1.23
[0.84-1.81]
|
Service
| 18,062 | 13,893,418 | 328,908 |
2.37
[2.07-2.70]
|
1.73
[1.22-2.46]
|
1.72
[1.05-2.81]
|
Farm
| 3,002 | 2,462,646 | 258,945 |
10.51
[9.19-12.00]
|
6.54
[3.05-13.46]
|
9.36
[5.29-16.03]
|
Blue Collar
| 29,382 | 25,488,793 | 1,849,381 |
7.26
[6.79-7.75]
|
4.87
[4.17-5.68]
|
6.93
[5.75-8.34]
|
Occupation by Gender and Ethnicity/Race | NHIS Pooled Sample Size | US Worker Population Estimate of Smokeless Tobacco Use | Percent and [95% CI†] Using Smokeless Tobacco |
---|---|---|---|
White Collar
| |||
White Men
| 26,563 | 1,124,494 | 4.68 [4.35- 5.04] |
Black Men
| 2,309 | 22,078 | 1.12 [0.59- 2.12] |
Other Men
| 1,499 | 20,729 | 1.47 [0.90- 2.39] |
White Women
| 37,546 | 27,496 | 0.09 [0.06- 0.14] |
Black Women
| 5,679 | 2,228 | 0.06 [0.02- 0.18] |
Other Women
| 1,796 | 1,144 | 0.08 [0.02- 0.40] |
Service
| |||
White Men
| 4,760 | 259,559 | 6.07 [5.21- 7.05] |
Black Men
| 1,188 | 22,689 | 2.28 [1.28- 4.02] |
Other Men
| 376 | 8,463 | 2.45 [1.26- 4.62] |
White Women
| 8,446 | 13,026 | 0.21 [0.12- 0.36] |
Black Women
| 2,721 | 22,882 | 1.52 [0.96- 2.39] |
Other Women
| 569 | 2,289 | 0.54 [0.12- 2.36] |
Farm
| |||
White Men
| 2,169 | 236,256 | 12.70 [11.01- 14.61] |
Black Men
| 149 | 14,655 | 14.65 [8.55- 23.97] |
Other Men
| 109 | 4,503 | 5.66 [2.10- 14.37] |
White Women
| 534 | 2,339 | 0.59 [0.12- 2.75] |
Black Women
| 23 | 1,192 | 9.01 [1.28- 43.08] |
Other Women
| 18 | 0 | 0.00 [0.03- 1.52] |
Blue Collar
| |||
White Men
| 19,385 | 1,716,170 | 9.59 [8.95- 10.26] |
Black Men
| 2,761 | 67,867 | 2.97 [2.20- 4.01] |
Other Men
| 990 | 31,144 | 3.50 [2.18- 5.56] |
White Women
| 4,668 | 12,241 | 0.35 [0.23- 0.54] |
Black Women
| 1,233 | 21,394 | 3.07 [1.81- 5.17] |
Other Women
| 345 | 566 | 0.21 [1.03- 1.52] |