The beginning of Teen smoking and Prevent Smoking

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Belajar Sehat-The behavior of smoke in Indonesia particularly teenagers has become a problem that needs serious handling due to increasing prevalence and age start smoking are getting younger. In this research indicate that age start smoking at teenage boy is 7 years old (table 2). This is in line with previous research done by Prabandari (1994) and Astuti (2010).

Most teen smokers know smoking first of their friends (63.63%), parents (16.36%) and family (12.72%) which is the closest people in their social lives. Research by Chen, Huang Chao & (2009) found that adolescents who smoke have parents or close friends who also smoke. Similarly, the research results of Fitr (2002) which showed that parents and peers is a Predictor for the smoking behavior in teenagers. It is also reinforced by their statement that the circumstances and conditions that often encourages them to smoke i.e. when their friend together with a smoker as well. It is in line with the opinion of the Charlton et al., (in Ogden 2000) that smoking is one of the ways for teenagers to socialize and make lasting friendships (Guo et al., 2010). Therefore it's not surprising then if one of the situations and conditions that then make a teenager to smoking is at present together with their friends who are also smokers (60%).

Public service announcement about the consequences of smoking needs to be constantly socialized, especially to children and youth who is the target market industry smoking vulnerable manner: 

(1) Involve the school in providing prevention and intervention against the smoking behavior in children and teenagers in a more intensive; 

(2) Involving families as parents and brother who was the closest people in the social environment of adolescents who encouraged them to try cigarettes. Parents and family members nearby is the people who are responsible for providing an example of healthy behaviors for adolescents; 

(3) create a regulation that limits the distribution of smoking and age consumers can buy them as well as advertisements of cigarettes that is circulating in the community to minimize the possibility of children and adolescents to become consumers of cigarettes; 

(4) Adding pictures of the diseases caused by smoking behavior on warning that there are packs of cigarettes.

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