SMOKING BEHAVIOUR CHANGES DURING COVID-19 WITHIN THE COMMUNITY OF CIPAGERAN HEALTH CENTER REGION
Desy Linasari (a), Naufal Langit (b), Emma Mardliyah (c)

(a) 1 Departemen Ilmu Kesehatan Masyarakat, Fakultas Kedokteran Universitas Jenderal Achmad Yani
(b)Program Studi Kedokteran Umum, Fakultas Kedokteran Universitas Jenderal Achmad Yani
(c) Program Studi Kedokteran Umum, Fakultas Kedokteran Universitas Jenderal Achmad Yani

Abstract

Covid-19 is an infectious disease caused by SARS-CoV-2. The Indonesian government has implemented several policies to stop the spread of the disease. on the other hand, several government have cause behavioral changes in the community, one of which is smoking habits
during the Covid-19 pandemic. This study aims to see changes in smoking habits before and during the Covid-19 pandemic n the community of cipageran health center region. this is an analitycal retrospective cohort study. Data obtained from questionnaires and the sample was collected using the consicutive sampling technique which then obtained 133 respondents and analyzed by Mcnemar test. From the results of the study, there was no significant change in smoking habits (P &gt- 0.05). this result showed that the pandemic is not affecting the smoking habitt on people who have smoked before. the public is advised to reduce and stop smoking in order to avoid diseases caused by substances contained in cigarettes.

Keywords: COVID-19, Pandemic, Smoking

Topic: COVID-19