Abstract: Cigarettes have become one of the world's health problems. Smoking is also commonly found among students. Many things can affect a person's smoking behavior. Therefore, this study was conducted to determine the relationship of social environmental factors with student smoking behavior. The study used an analytic design with a cross-sectional approach that included 153 medical students batch 2017 of Udayana University. Data were collected by filling out a questionnaire that included respondents' smoking status, parents, peers, gender, number of cigarettes consumed, reasons for smoking and age of first smoking. Data analysis using SPSS for Windows version 26 with chi-square analysis and significance level used 0.05. Of the 153 respondents, 13 respondents (8.5%) have smoking habits. Most respondents consumed less than 5 cigarettes per day (69.2%). The reasons for continuing to smoke are feelings of pleasure (38.5%) and solidarity between friends (38.5%). Most respondents started smoking at the age 15 and 17 (30.77%). The analysis of relationship between social environmental factors with student smoking behavior resulted in smokers whose parents are also smoker 1 respondent (0.7%), smokers whose peers are also smokers 10 respondents (6.5%) and smokers whose gender are men 10 respondents (6.5%). There was a significant relationship between smokers' peers (p = 0.002) and gender (p = 0.001) with smoking behavior of students. There was no significant relationship between the factors of smoker’s parents with smoking behavior of students (p = 0.279). It can be concluded that there is a relationship between smokers' peers and gender with student smoking behavior. There is no relationship between the factors of smoker's parents with smoking behavior of students.
Keywords: Cigarettes, Medical student, Smoking behavior, Social environment, Parents, Peers, Gender.
Title: THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SOCIAL ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS AND SMOKING BEHAVIOR IN COLLEGE STUDENT
Author: Soares, Gabriela Natasha BLC, Ani, Luh Seri, Weta, I Wayan
International Journal of Healthcare Sciences
ISSN 2348-5728 (Online)
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