Smoking Cessation and Non-Smoking Public Area: A Case Study in Bantul, Yogyakarta


Authors

Linda Yunitasari
Masters Program in Public Health, Sebelas Maret University
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Muchammad Syamsulhadi
Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Sebelas Maret University
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Argyo Demartoto
Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Sebelas Maret University
~ Author

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Smoking is a habit detrimental to health. According to World Health Organization, tobacco smoking killed one person every second. Approximately there were 4.9 million smoking related deaths occurred annually worldwide. About 70 percent of this figure occurred in developing countries. Therefore smoking habit should be stopped and prevented. This study aimed to examine smoking cessation behavior in a non-smoking public area.

SUBJECT AND METHODS: This was a qualitative study with case study approach, conducted in Bantul, Yogyakarta. A sample of 7 key infor-mants was selected by snowball sampling for this study. The data were collected by interview and observation.

How to Cite

Smoking Cessation and Non-Smoking Public Area: A Case Study in Bantul, Yogyakarta. (2016). The International Conference on Public Health Proceeding, 1(01), 75. https://doi.org/10.26911/theicph.2016.015