Abstract
In Indonesia, based on the results of the Riskesdas 2010 there are big province with higher active smoker, which are West Java, East Java and West Java. This study aims to determine the smoking behavior and attitude towards cigarette warning labels among informal workers (pedicab driver and motorcycle taxi driver) in Surabaya city. Data were obtained through the administration of questionnaire to eighty respondents in random parks of Surabaya City. The result revealed that textual cigarette was the most accessible cigarette warning label to informal workers (pedicab driver and motorcycle taxi driver). It further implied that cigarette packs, print media/newspapers and billboards were the main sources of awareness of cigarette warning labels. Pearson’s correlation result indicated a positive and significant association between informal workers (pedicab driver and motorcycle taxi driver)’ smoking behavior and their attitude toward cigarette warning labels (r=0.21, p
Highlights
Indonesia ranks fifth highest cigarette consuming countries, the World Health Organization (WHO) predicts that by 2020, the disease caused by smoking will result in the death of approximately 8.4 million people in the world and half of these deaths are from Asia
The analysis reveals that informal workers in Surabaya city are aware of cigarette smoking labels, but their attitudes towards the messages the warning label convey vary
The study shows that informal workers in Surabaya city are aware of cigarette smoking labels, but they have different attitudes and perceptions toward cigarette messages
Summary
Indonesia ranks fifth highest cigarette consuming countries, the WHO predicts that by 2020, the disease caused by smoking will result in the death of approximately 8.4 million people in the world and half of these deaths are from Asia. Report of the World Health Organization (WHO) on the Global Tobacco Epidemic in 2008 highlighted that approximately 5.4 million deaths annually associated with the use of tobacco / cigarettes. This means that every single minute of not less nine people died as a result of toxins in cigarettes or in every six seconds in the world will happen one case of death caused by smoking. This figure is more than the combined tuberculosis, HIV / AIDS and malaria (WHO, 2008). According to the latest report from WHO on the world tobacco consumption, smoking prevalence in Indonesia is one of the highest in the world, 46.8% of men and 3.1% of women age 10 years and over were classified as smokers (WHO, 2011)
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