Prevalence and the Level of Knowledge Toward Cigarette Smoking Among Adult Male in Rural Area
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- 10.2991/assehr.k.200529.119How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- prevalence, knowledge toward cigarette smoking, male
- Abstract
Cigarette smoking is the leading cause of non-communicable diseases such as lung cancer, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, ischemic heart disease, stroke, and many more. In USA, the prevalence smokers in rural area were higher than in urban or metropolitan area. But there was still no data in Indonesia. The level of knowledge may influence health behaviour, including smoking. This study aimed to know the prevalence of cigarette smokers among adult males in rural areas and to investigate the level of their knowledge about smoking. This study used a cross-sectional design and a consecutive sampling technique. This study used a closed questionnaire to sixty adult males who were attending a meeting in Mojodawu village meeting hall, East Java, Indonesia. Fifty adult males confessed as a smoker (83.3%) and only ten (16,7%) respondents who were not. The level of knowledge among smokers was mostly not good (64%). Only 46% of respondents stated that smoking was dangerous to their health, and only 38% of respondents stated cigarettes harmed people around. This study showed a high prevalence of smokers among adult males in a rural area. Most of the smokers had a lack of knowledge about smoking hazards.
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- This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).
Cite this article
TY - CONF AU - Yelvi Levani AU - Annisa Nurida AU - Sukadiono AU - Muhammad Thoriq Hakam PY - 2020 DA - 2020/05/04 TI - Prevalence and the Level of Knowledge Toward Cigarette Smoking Among Adult Male in Rural Area BT - Proceedings of the 1st Borobudur International Symposium on Humanities, Economics and Social Sciences (BIS-HESS 2019) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 571 EP - 573 SN - 2352-5398 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.200529.119 DO - 10.2991/assehr.k.200529.119 ID - Levani2020 ER -