Tingkat Pengetahuan dan Persepsi Pada Siswa Terkait Larangan Merokok di SMP Negeri 18 Surakarta

Abstract

Knowledge is an important domain in forming someone's actions. Perception is someone who receives stimulation, which is associated with an experience that has been done, which ultimately produces an understanding. Non-smoking area is an area that is declared prohibited for smoking activities, one of the example is a place for teaching and learning process. Public smoking bans can protect a person from the dangers of being passive smokers and reduce among teenagers for being smokers. The purpose of this study is to determine the level of knowledge and perceptions of students related to smoking bans in SMP Negeri 18 Surakarta. Researchers used a descriptive qualitative research method and the research subjects are 10 student from grade IX. The results of the study are that the older the students, the more they assume that the smoking ban is reasonable. Students' knowledge related to smoking bans in schools is appropriate because students know and understand the smoking bans written in school rules. Students' perceptions regarding smoking bans are very good, because smoking in schools is not recommended, smoking can damage organs and are very dangerous to the human body and can cause illness to death. The example of the policy regarding smoking bans is that the school has established a No Smoking Area entire of the school environment that can be seen clearly by all school residents.