As part of a NIOSH-sponsored supplement on occupational health, questions on tobacco use were administered in the NAWS for six years, from 1999-2004, and questions on alcohol use were administered for three years, from 1999-2001. About a third of all agricultural workers had smoked at least 100 cigarettes in their lifetime. The six years of data showed an increase in the proportion of smokers quitting, with a more than twofold increase in the percentage of agricultural workers who had not smoked in the last 12 months. Alcohol consumption decreased slightly over the three-year data collection period; in 1999-2000, 50 percent of agricultural workers reported having consumed at least on alcoholic beverage during the past month, compared to 46 percent in 2001.
Number of cigarettes smoked per day
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Attention A T users. Data is presented in three formats, a bar chart, a textual data table, and a line chart. The data is best reviewed though the data table when using A T.
Data Table — Number of cigarettes smoked per day
| Category | 99-00 | 01-02 | 03-04 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | |
| Less than 1 a day | 114 | 5% | 183 | 9% | 132 | 11% |
| 1 or more a day | 1,995 | 89% | 1,550 | 80% | 826 | 72% |
| Have not smoked in the last 12 months | 173 | 7% | 299 | 11% | 213 | 17% |
1 Question was asked in 1999 through 2001; the 01-02 column contains data for 2001 only. A dash (“-“) indicates that the question was not asked during the corresponding time period.
a Estimates with relative standard errors (RSEs) greater than 30 percent but no more than 50 percent are published but should be used with caution.
b Estimates based on fewer than four responses or with RSEs greater than 50 percent are considered statistically unreliable and are suppressed.