Factors Related to the Intention to Cigarette Smoking among Junior High School Students in Jatinangor Subdistrict, West Java
Background: Cigarette smoking is known to harm the health of smokers and causes the death of millions people around the world. Smoking initiation in Indonesia is begun early especially during teenagers year. The aim of the study was to analyze the factors related to the intention to cigarette smokin...
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| author | Ngu Ling Yee Deni Kurniadi Sunjaya RM Haryadi Karyono |
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| description | Background: Cigarette smoking is known to harm the health of smokers and causes the death of millions people around the world. Smoking initiation in Indonesia is begun early especially during teenagers year. The aim of the study was to analyze the factors related to the intention to cigarette smoking among Junior High School students in Jatinangor subdistrict.
Methods: A quantitative method with cross sectional study was conducted in the junior high school setting during the period of September to November 2013. Inclusion criterias were students aged 1315 years old and did not smoke. Four factors were measured in this study, which were attitudes toward cigarette smoking, parents who smoke, peers influence and advertisement where each factor had 5 questions with ‘Yes’ or ‘No’ answers. Data were collected through self-administered questionnaire among 226 students using stratified random sampling. Statistical analysis of the variables was using chi square test.
Results: As much as 44.25% of the respondents had intention and 55.75% had no intention to cigarette smoking. This study showed significant relation among attitudes, parents who smoke, peers influence and advertisements with the intention to cigarette smoking.
Conclusions: Half of the respondents have intention to cigarette smoking and the most factors related to it are peers influence. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7a38db83dcb24c528462df96c824e4c52022-12-21T18:33:43ZengUniversitas PadjadjaranAlthea Medical Journal2337-43302337-43302015-09-012331431810.15850/amj.v2n3.528Factors Related to the Intention to Cigarette Smoking among Junior High School Students in Jatinangor Subdistrict, West JavaNgu Ling YeeDeni Kurniadi SunjayaRM Haryadi KaryonoBackground: Cigarette smoking is known to harm the health of smokers and causes the death of millions people around the world. Smoking initiation in Indonesia is begun early especially during teenagers year. The aim of the study was to analyze the factors related to the intention to cigarette smoking among Junior High School students in Jatinangor subdistrict. Methods: A quantitative method with cross sectional study was conducted in the junior high school setting during the period of September to November 2013. Inclusion criterias were students aged 1315 years old and did not smoke. Four factors were measured in this study, which were attitudes toward cigarette smoking, parents who smoke, peers influence and advertisement where each factor had 5 questions with ‘Yes’ or ‘No’ answers. Data were collected through self-administered questionnaire among 226 students using stratified random sampling. Statistical analysis of the variables was using chi square test. Results: As much as 44.25% of the respondents had intention and 55.75% had no intention to cigarette smoking. This study showed significant relation among attitudes, parents who smoke, peers influence and advertisements with the intention to cigarette smoking. Conclusions: Half of the respondents have intention to cigarette smoking and the most factors related to it are peers influence.http://journal.fk.unpad.ac.id/index.php/amj/article/view/528Desire to cigarette smokingjatinangorjunior high school students |
| spellingShingle | Ngu Ling Yee Deni Kurniadi Sunjaya RM Haryadi Karyono Factors Related to the Intention to Cigarette Smoking among Junior High School Students in Jatinangor Subdistrict, West Java Althea Medical Journal Desire to cigarette smoking jatinangor junior high school students |
| title | Factors Related to the Intention to Cigarette Smoking among Junior High School Students in Jatinangor Subdistrict, West Java |
| title_full | Factors Related to the Intention to Cigarette Smoking among Junior High School Students in Jatinangor Subdistrict, West Java |
| title_fullStr | Factors Related to the Intention to Cigarette Smoking among Junior High School Students in Jatinangor Subdistrict, West Java |
| title_full_unstemmed | Factors Related to the Intention to Cigarette Smoking among Junior High School Students in Jatinangor Subdistrict, West Java |
| title_short | Factors Related to the Intention to Cigarette Smoking among Junior High School Students in Jatinangor Subdistrict, West Java |
| title_sort | factors related to the intention to cigarette smoking among junior high school students in jatinangor subdistrict west java |
| topic | Desire to cigarette smoking jatinangor junior high school students |
| url | http://journal.fk.unpad.ac.id/index.php/amj/article/view/528 |
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