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.