Jordan Minov

Smoking among Macedonian Workers

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Produktbeschreibung

In order to evaluate smoking status in Macedonian workers population, we performed a cross sectional, questionnaire-based study including 753 randomly selected workers. The prevalence of current smokers among all workers was 35.4%, ranging from 30.2% in office workers to 43.5% in construction workers. It did not significantly differ from the prevalence recorded in 2005 (36.8%). The prevalence of ex-smokers among all workers was 10.5%, ranging from 8.4% in construction workers to 12.1% in office workers, and showing minor increase with respect to 2005. The prevalence of passive smokers among all workers was 29.1%, ranging from 26.2% in food processing workers to 32.9% in agricultural workers, remaining similar to their prevalence established in the 2005 study. Our findings indicated high prevalence of current and passive smokers, as well as low prevalence of ex-smokers among examined workers. There were minor changes in their prevalence with respect to the findings from the 2005 study. The results obtained also indicated a need of stricter implementation of anti-smoking activities which will be targeted to all workers.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 128
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 220mm x 150mm
• ISBN-13: 9783659476938
• ISBN-10: 3659476935
• Artikelnr.: 39693360

Autorenporträt

Jordan B. Minov, MD PhD (1960), specialist in internal medicine and in occupational medicine, subspecialist in pulmology and allergy. Employed at the Institute for Occupational Health of R. Macedonia, Skopje - WHO Collaborating Centre. Professor at the Chair for Occupational Medicine, Medical Faculty, University Sts. Cyrilus and Methodius Skopje.