Table 1.
Average Annual Pooled Prevalence of Smokeless Tobacco Use in the United States by Occupation: The 1987, 1991-1994, 1998, 2000, and 2005 National Health Interview Surveys
| Workplace Smoking Restrictions Present‡ |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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] |
†95% Confidence Interval
‡Respondents were asked this only in years 1991, 1994, and 2000 (n = 37,546)