Hubungan Kebiasaan Merokok dengan Angka Kejadian Stomatitis Nikotina pada Nelayan Puger Jember

Smoking habit is a health problem that is found globally. Indonesia has the largest number of active smokers, reaching 65 million people. Fisherman is one of the occupation in Indonesia which have the largest proportion of active smokers, almost 44,5% compared to other occupation. Smoking habit triggers pathological conditions in the oral cavity. Smoking cause an inflammation of the palatal mucosa named nicotine stomatitis. The purpose was to determine the prevalence of nicotine stomatitis in fisherman at Puger Kulon and to find out the correlation between age, type of cigarette, the intensity of smoking and the incident of nicotine stomatitis in fisherman. Data were collected by interview with 301 respondents. Purposive sampling was used in this study. The chi- square test was used to examine the correlation between age, type of cigarette and the intensity of smoking with the incident of nicotine stomatitis. The prevalence of nicotine stomatitis in fisherman at Puger Kulon Village is 5.3% and age, type of cigarette, and intensity of smoking did not have a significant correlation to the incident of nicotine stomatitis in fisherman at Puger Kulon Village Puger District Jember Regency