The 13th World Conference on Tobacco OR Health

Objective: 1.To reveal the smoking behavior in the study area 2.To determine the impact of socio demographic factor to cigarette consumption 3.To give policy recommendation to decrease cigarette consumption

Methods: This study uses Socio Economic Survey data for Central Java 2001. It includes 16,401 respondents in the age 15+. The smoking prevalence for Central Java was 27%. Using ordinary least square method, we can determine the impact of socio demographic factors to smoking behavior.

Results: 1.The demographic factors that significantly influence the smoking behavior in Central Java were income, beginning age of smoking, high education, age of smoker, and male smoker. 2.The relations of those factors to smoking behavior were negative for income, and beginning age of smoking. While for high education, age of smoker, and male smoker the relations were positive. 3.These are policy recommendation to decrease cigarette consumption a)Intensify the anti smoking campaign in campus because higher education did not guarantee smokers to decrease their cigarette consumption. b)Intensify the anti smoking campaign for poor people because they tend to smoke more than rich people. c)Regulation of minimum age to smoke and cigarette access has to set up now