AIMS: To assess the impact of involuntary job loss due to plant closure or layoff on relapse to smoking and smoking intensity among older workers. DESIGN, PARTICIPANTS, SAMPLE: Data come from the Health and Retirement Study, a nationally representative survey of older Americans aged 51-61 in 1991 followed every 2 years beginning in 1992. The 3052 participants who were working at the initial wave and had any history of smoking comprise the main sample. METHODS: Primary outcomes are smoking relapse at wave 2 (1994) among baseline former smokers, and smoking quantity at wave 2 among baseline current smokers. As reported at the wave 2 follow-up, 6.8% of the sample experienced an involuntary job loss between waves 1 and 2. FINDINGS: Older worker...
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Purpose: The aim of this study was to assess the association between sustained smoking and quitting ...
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Aim: Research indicates that cigarette smoking is strongly associated with unemployment. However, li...
INTRODUCTION The relationship between work loss and smoking has not been studied extensively, and un...
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Tobacco use, mainly cigarette smoking, is a prevalent and deadly habit, and disproportionately affec...
This article uses data from the Health and Retirement Study to examine the employment patterns of wo...
Introduction: Smoking cessation studies are often conducted in clinical settings. This study first a...
The Great Recession produced the highest rates of unemployment observed in decades, in part due to p...
Purpose: The aim of this study was to assess the association between sustained smoking and quitting ...
Purpose: The aim of this study was to assess the association between sustained smoking and quitting ...
OBJECTIVE: This study examined the impact of smoking, quitting, and time since quit on absences from...
This paper examines the impact of job-related stress on smoking behavior. We use data from the Healt...
AIM: To examine whether smokers who reduce their quantity of cigarettes smoked between two periods a...
ImportanceStudies in the United States and Europe have found higher smoking prevalence among unemplo...
Introduction: The relationship between work loss and smoking has not been studied extensively, and u...
IntroductionU.S. reductions in smoking have not been experienced equally. Smoking prevalence is grea...
Aim: Research indicates that cigarette smoking is strongly associated with unemployment. However, li...
INTRODUCTION The relationship between work loss and smoking has not been studied extensively, and un...
This study investigates the effect of serious health events including new diagnoses of heart attacks...
Tobacco use, mainly cigarette smoking, is a prevalent and deadly habit, and disproportionately affec...
This article uses data from the Health and Retirement Study to examine the employment patterns of wo...
Introduction: Smoking cessation studies are often conducted in clinical settings. This study first a...