The Association Between Smoker Protection Laws and Smoking, Employment, and Attempting to Quit Smoking.
Background: Globally, workplaces have introduced non-smokers-only hiring policies to avoid hiring people who smoke since they cost thousands of dollars more annually to employ compared to non-smokers. Tobacco industry efforts gave rise to state smoker protection laws in the United States (U.S.), whi...
| Publicado en: | Tobacco Use Insights Vol. 19; pp. 1 - 10 |
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| Formato: | research tables/charts Journal Article |
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Sage Publications Inc.
1/22/2026
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=191101953&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 191101953 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 1179173X B3LD jtl: Tobacco Use Insights issn: 1179173X maglogo: Y pubinfo: dt: 1/22/2026 vid: 19 pid: 344 pub: Sage Publications Inc. place: Thousand Oaks, California artinfo: ui: 191101953 191101953 191101953 10.1177/1179173X261417480 191101953 ppf: 1 ppct: 9 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P tig: atl: The Association Between Smoker Protection Laws and Smoking, Employment, and Attempting to Quit Smoking. aug: au: Moges, Rebeka Iaria, Ruby Lent, Adrienne B. affil: Department of Kinesiology and Public Health, California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo, San Luis Obispo, CA, USA sug: subj: Smoking Prevention and Control Smoking Legislation and Jurisprudence Employment Status Human Cross Sectional Studies United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.) Descriptive Statistics Data Analysis Software Chi Square Test Logistic Regression Confidence Intervals Male Female Adolescence Adult Middle Age Aged Aged, 80 and Over Odds Ratio Funding Source Adolescent: 13-18 years Adult: 19-44 years Middle Aged: 45-64 years Aged: 65+ years Aged, 80 & over Male Female ab: Background: Globally, workplaces have introduced non-smokers-only hiring policies to avoid hiring people who smoke since they cost thousands of dollars more annually to employ compared to non-smokers. Tobacco industry efforts gave rise to state smoker protection laws in the United States (U.S.), which protect people who smoke from employment discrimination. Objectives: This study examined the association between living in a state with a smoker protection law and smoking status among U.S. adults and employment status and attempting to quit smoking in the past 12 months among those who currently smoke. Design and Methods: Cross-sectional, nationally representative data from the 2015 – 2018 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System were analyzed. Participants were U.S. adults who reported being unemployed or employed for wages. Unadjusted and adjusted logistic regression models controlling for race/ethnicity, income, education, health insurance, state, and sex assessed associations between living in a state with a smoker protection law and smoking status (n = 678,203) and employment status and attempting to quit smoking in the past 12 months among people who currently smoke (n = 110,630). Interactions for income were assessed. Results: Smoker protection laws were not associated with smoking status in the overall sample (ORadj = 0.99, 95% CI: 0.89, 1.11) or employment among those who smoke (ORadj = 1.23, 95% CI: 0.92, 1.65). They were associated with a significantly higher odds of being employed (ORadj = 1.30, 95% CI: 1.06, 1.60) among those who smoke earning <$35,000. They were associated with a significantly lower odds of attempting to quit smoking among people who smoke (ORadj = 0.80, 95% CI: 0.66, 0.97), especially those earning <$35,000 (ORadj = 0.71, 95% CI: 0.53, 0.96) and $35,000-<$50,000 (ORadj. = 0.52, 95% CI: 0.32, 0.84). Conclusions: While smoker protection laws may promote employment among low-income individuals who smoke, they may reduce quit attempts. Policies should promote evidence-based smoking cessation treatments to support quit attempts among people who smoke. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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