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Knowledge, attitude and practice of cigarette smoking among senior secondary school students in Depok, Indonesia

  • Mochamad Iqbal Nurmansyah EMAIL logo , Yuyun Umniyatun , Miftahul Jannah , Agung Taufiqurrokhman Syiroj and Didin Nuruddin Hidayat
Published/Copyright: March 26, 2019

Abstract

Background

Smoking behavior is primarily initiated and established during adolescence. Understanding the social context of smoking behavior among young people is required for developing strategies in preventing first tobacco use.

Objective

This study aimed at exploring the determinants of smoking behavior among senior secondary school students in Depok, Indonesia by identifying knowledge regarding smoking-related adverse outcomes, perception and attitude toward smoking behavior and tobacco control policy.

Methods

This study employed a cross-sectional design method. A total of 587 students from six senior secondary schools in Depok, Indonesia participated in this study. Univariate and multivariate statistical analyses were conducted to determine associations between cigarette smoking and independent variables.

Results

Respondents ranged from 14 to 19 years old students. The proportion of current cigarette smokers were 99 students (17.0%) where the majority of the smokers were male (35.5%). The majority of the students, both smokers and non-smokers, were aware that cigarette smoking causes health problems. The present study found that attitudes that may lead to smoking behavior, in most cases, have been found to be significantly different between smokers and non-smokers. The perception of smoking behavior of smokers and non-smokers, such as smoking makes one more confident, cool, makes it easier to make friends, can relieve stress, symbolizes adulthood and masculinity, was statistically significant to smoking behavior.

Conclusion

The study highlights the importance of changing youths’ image of cigarette smoking than merely educating students regarding the health hazards of smoking when they already possessed a good knowledge about those issues.

Acknowledgments

We would like to extend our gratitude to the Research and Development Agency of University of Muhammadiyah Prof. Dr. Hamka for financial support provided for the entire process of this research.

  1. Competing interests: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

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Received: 2018-06-15
Accepted: 2018-08-23
Published Online: 2019-03-26

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