TABLE 5.
Proportion of construction industry workers exposed to second hand smoke, by tobacco use status and occupation—2015
| Second hand smoke exposure |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Combustibleb tobacco product |
Non-combustiblec tobacco product |
Any tobacco product |
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| Overall second hand smoke exposurea |
Users |
Non users |
Users |
Non users |
Users |
Non users |
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| Construction occupations | % (95%CI) | % (95%CI) | % (95%CI) | % (95%CI) | % (95%CI) | % (95%CI) | % (95%C1) |
| Management | 39.3 (28.6–50.1) | 65.4 (45.2–85.5) | 30.4 (19.241.6) | 56.4 (18.6–94.2) | 38.6 (27.1–50.1) | 63.7 (45.2–82.1) | 29.1(17.4–40.7) |
| Office & administrative support | 28.0 (10245.8) | - | - | - | 28.6 (10.047.1) | - | - |
| Supervisors, construction, & extraction | 62.8 (482–77.3) | 74.7 (56.8–92.7) | 58.8 (41.3–76.4) | - | 56.4 (39.7–73.2) | 81.1 (67.7–94.6) | 53.6 (342–73.0) |
| Construction trade | 53.4 (48.5–58.3) | 72.1 (64.1–80.2) | 45.6 (39.8–5L5) | 51.3 (29.9–73.3) | 53.8 (48.4–59.1) | 69.5 (61.7–77.3) | 45.3 (39.3–51.3) |
| Installation, maintenance, & repair | 44.1 (26.7–61.4) | 74.6 (43.1–100.0) | 382 (19.7–56.6) | 64.3 (27.3–100.0) | 382 (17.9–58.5) | 72.1 (46.3–97.9) | - |
| Production, transportation, warehousing | 55.6 (35.7–75.6) | 60.9 (28.493.3) | 53.0 (29.3–76.8) | - | 58.4 (36.8–80.1) | 59.3 (29.2–89.5) | 53.5 (28.7–78.3) |
| All other construction workers | 39.1 (23.6–54.5) | 76.6 (55.6–97.7) | 26.9 (11.5–42.3) | - | 432 (26.7–59.6) | 59.5 (26.0–93.0) | 28.5 (12.4–44.7) |
| Total | 49.4 (45.6–53.1) | 70.0 (63.3–76.7) | 41.6 (37.246.0) | 55.6 (39.7–71.6) | 49.1 (44.9–53.3) | 67.4 (61.0–73.8) | 40.6 (35945.3) |
Responded “yes” to the question “In the past 12 months, while at work, how often were you exposed to tobacco smoke from other people?” (n = 4 444 213).
Combustible tobacco product users were defined as persons who reported smoking cigarette and/or smoking cigars, cigarillos, or little filtered cigars or smoking tobacco in a regular pipe, water pipe, or hookah at least once during their lifetime and who currently use every day or some days.
Non-combustible tobacco product users were defined as persons who reported using chewing tobacco, snuff, dip, snus, or dissolvable tobacco at least once during their lifetime and who currently use every day or some days.