Smoking is an unhealthy lifestyle. Effects of smoking not only give the impact to that smokers but also those near the smoker. Quitting smoking requires the support of a healthy conditions. The purpose study to determine the experience of stopping smoking to ex-smokers in the Village of Semarang Tembalang. Qualitative research with a phenomenological approach. Samples carried out with a purposive method, consists of 4 participants. Data collection techniques with in-depth interviews. Result showed that the smokers addicted due to smoking is something that brings pleasure because of the nicotine content. The impact of smoking is a physical disorder, social, economic and psychological. The way to to quit smoking by committing. The kind of support that obtained ex-smokers made up from external, friends and also internal, family.
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