Work Absences and Past Month Cigarette Use: 2004 and 2005

The NSDUH Report:   Work Absences and Past Month Cigarette Use: 2004 and 2005 

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Highlights:

• Based on combined data from SAMHSA's annual National Surveys on Drug Use and Health in 2004 and 2005, worker absenteeism by cigarette smoking status was assessed among adult workers aged 18 to 64 currently employed full time.

• Current cigarette smoking (i.e., smoked cigarettes in the month prior to the survey) was reported by 42.8% of full-time employed adults aged 18-25, 33.1% of those aged 16-34, 28.8% of those aged 35-44, and 22.3% of those aged 45-64.

• Among adults aged 18 to 64 who were currently employed full time, 20.1% missed at least one day of work in the past month due to illness or injury.

• Among currently full time employed adults, current cigarette smokers were more likely to have missed work on 5 or more days in the past month due to illness or injury than those who did not smoke cigarettes in the prior month.

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This Short Report, The NSDUH Report:   Work Absences and Past Month Cigarette Use: 2004 and 2005, is based on SAMHSA's  National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), conducted by the Office of Applied Studies (OAS) in the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).  SAMHSA's National Survey on Drug Use & Health is the primary source of information on the prevalence, patterns, and consequences of drug and alcohol use and abuse in the general U.S. civilian non institutionalized population, age 12 and older.   SAMHSA's National Survey on Drug Use & Health also provides estimates for drug use by State.

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