%0 Journal Article %J Am J Public Health %D 2012 %T Assessing the relationship between work-family conflict and smoking. %A Nelson, Candace C %A Li, Yi %A Sorensen, Glorian %A Berkman, Lisa F %K Adolescent %K Adult %K Aged %K Conflict (Psychology) %K Cross-Sectional Studies %K Family %K Female %K Health Personnel %K Humans %K Logistic Models %K Male %K Middle Aged %K New England %K Nursing Homes %K Prevalence %K Questionnaires %K Smoking %K Work %K Young Adult %X OBJECTIVES: We examined the relationship between smoking and work-family conflict among a sample of New England long-term-care facility workers. METHODS: To collect data, we conducted in-person, structured interviews with workers in 4 extended-care facilities. RESULTS: There was a strong association between smoking likelihood and work-family conflict. Workers who experienced both stress at home from work issues (i.e., work-to-home conflict) and stress at work from personal issues (i.e., home-to-work conflict) had 3.1 times higher odds of smoking than those who did not experience these types of conflict. Workers who experienced home-to-work conflict had an odds of 2.3 compared with those who did not experience this type of conflict, and workers who experienced work-to-home conflict had an odds of 1.6 compared with workers who did not experience this type of conflict. CONCLUSIONS: The results of this study indicate that there is a robust relationship between work-family conflict and smoking, but that this relationship is dependent upon the total amount of conflict experienced and the direction of the conflict. %B Am J Public Health %V 102 %P 1767-72 %8 2012 Sep %G eng %N 9 %1 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22720765?dopt=Abstract %R 10.2105/AJPH.2011.300413