The Impact Of Smoking On Students' Knowledge In High School In Sragen, Central Java

Introduction: Smoking in everyday discourse is an act that has already got a bad
stigma in society and also smoking in medical studies is an act that harms health for
both active smokers and passive smokers.
Methods: The research methodology is descriptive correlational research that is to
determine the relationship between the impact of smoking on knowledge. This
research was conducted in Sragen High School, Central Java. The number of samples
in this study was 34, where these 35 students consisted of three classes, namely first
grade: 12 students, second grade: 14 students, and third grade: 9 students, who met
the inclusive and exclusive criteria.
Results: The results showed that of the 35 students who were respondents, 24
students (68.6) showed the negative impact of smoking on health and 11 students
(31.4%) showed the positive impact of smoking on health.
Conclusion: this study prove d the truth of what we know, namely that smoking can
cause death and various diseases at a greater rate that can be suffered by many
smokers.
Key words: Impact, Smoking, Student Knowledge, Sragen