Relationship of Environmental Factors With Smoking Behavior in Adolescence

Abstract

That early adolescence has several characteristics of developmental stages, namely the transition period, change period, problem period and identity search period. Smoking is a common and legal negative behavior for teenagers. In this research, the design used in terms of time is cross sectional where the research carries out instantaneous observations or measurements of variables, meaning that subjects are observed only once and measurements of the independent and dependent variables are carried out during examination or data review. It is known that from family environmental factors it is known that most of the respondents' parents were smokers, namely 25 people (64.1%) and most of the family were also smokers, namely 24 people (61.5%). From the friend factor, most respondents had a playmate who was a smoker, namely 32 people (82.1%), most respondents had a friend at school who was a smoker, namely 28 people (71.8%). From the advertising factor, the majority of respondents were not influenced by television advertisements, namely 24 people (61.5%), the majority of respondents were not influenced by print media advertisements, namely 20 people (51.3%). Meanwhile, in terms of personality factors, the majority of respondents smoke not to look dashing, namely 22 people (54.6%), and the majority do not smoke only when they are frustrated or stressed, namely 22 people (54.6%).