Abstract

ROMERO PAREDES, M.ª del Carmen; REINOSO BARBERO, Luis; GONZALEZ GOMEZ, M.ª Fernanda  and  BANDRES MOYA, Fernando. Smoke habit in seafarers. Rev Asoc Esp Espec Med Trab [online]. 2016, vol.25, n.3, pp.166-175. ISSN 3020-1160.

Objective: The aim of this work was to determine the prevalence of smoke habit in a group of seafarers in the years 2009-2015. Methods: Data obtained of the pre-embarkation medical checkups files finished between January 1st and December 31st of each year were included. Smoke habit's prevalence was determined in the subjects studied, also by sex, age (< y ≥ 45 years) and job (officers and no officers). Results: Smoking was more prevalent among men, younger than 45 (statistically significant in 2014) and among no officers (significant in 2009 and 2011). Conclusions: We observed a trend to diminish smoke habit along the studied years, higher than in Spanish general population, perhaps due to the beneficial effects of the recommendations given during the medical pre-embarkation checkup to diminish smoking in the studied subjects, so we recommend giving medical advice during pre-embarkation medical examinations.

Keywords : smoking; Occupational Health.

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