Jurnal Kegawatdaruratan Medis Indonesia
Vol. 2 No. 2: August 2023

The Overview of Adolescents Knowledge Level About The Dangers of Electronic Cigarettes for Healthy at Bhinneka Karya Surakarta Vocational High School

Fihudha, Ganis Dina (Unknown)
Sari, Irma Mustika (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
29 Aug 2023

Abstract

Smoking has become a familiar habit, especially among teenagers. Youths are more likely to use cigarettes at a young age without regard for the potential consequences and their lack of self-awareness and therefore pay no attention to the dangers of their use. Early on in an attempt to reduce the tobacco epidemic. Knowledge of the dangers of electronic cigarettes is little known to young people, and the lack of exposure to teenagers on electronic cigarettes can cause it. This research aims to get an overview of the level of adolescent knowledge about the dangers of electronic cigarettes in health in Bhinneka Karya Surakarta Vocational High School. In the study, the method used is quantitative descriptive with a total of 75 respondents and stratified random sampling sampling taken. The instruments used were questionnaires. The results of 75 teenagers fall largely in the adequately known category of the dangers of electronic cigarettes: 42 (56.0%), 30 (40.0%) fall in the less category, and only 3 (4.0%) in the good category. It could be concluded that the level of teen knowledge about the dangers of electronic cigarettes in Bhinneka Karya Surakarta Vocational High School is adequate.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

jkmi

Publisher

Subject

Health Professions Medicine & Pharmacology Nursing Public Health

Description

Jurnal Kegawatdaruratan Medis Indonesia (JKMI) is a national scientific journals are open to seeking innovation, creativity and novelty. Either letters, research notes, articles, supplemental articles, or review articles. The JKMI aims to achieve state-of-the-art in theory and application of this ...