Saat ini, perilaku merokok semakin merata, bukan hanya perilaku orang de-
wasa, tetapi juga telah menjadi gaya hidup para remaja. Penelitian ini ber-
tujuan menilai hubungan antara tingkat pengetahuan, interaksi kelompok
sebaya, interaksi keluarga, iklan rokok, dan sikap dengan perilaku merokok
remaja di kota Makassar. Penelitian ini menggunakan desain studi obser-
vasional cross sectional. Teknik sampling menggunakan multistage random
sampling dengan jumlah sampel 471 responden. Data dianalisis dengan uji
kai kuadrat, koefisien phi (f) dengan α = 0,05. Responden perokok sekitar
25,3%, sementara responden yang berpengetahuan rendah 16,6%, ber-
interaksi negatif dengan kelompok sebaya 24,2%, berinteraksi negatif de-
ngan keluarga 47,8%, respons negatif iklan rokok 4,9%, dan sikap negatif
3,4%. Uji kai kuadrat menunjukkan ada hubungan antara interaksi kelom-
pok sebaya (nilai p = 0,000), interaksi keluarga (nilai p = 0,010), iklan rokok
(nilai p = 0,000), dan sikap merokok (nilai p = 0,001) dengan perilaku
merokok remaja. Tidak ada hubungan antara tingkat pengetahuan dengan
perilaku merokok remaja (nilai p = 0,056). Kelompok sebaya dan iklan rokok
berpengaruh paling bermakna pada perilaku merokok remaja. Sekolah
perlu dilibatkan lebih intensif pada upaya pencegahan dan intervensi peri-
laku merokok pada anak dan remaja.
Nowadays, Smoking not only the behavior of adults, but it has become a
way of life for most of teenagers. The study aimed to analyze the correla-
tion between knowledge, peer group interaction, family interaction, cigarette
advertisement, and attitude of smoking between smoking behavior among
teenagers in Makassar city. Observational cross sectional study was per-
formed in this study. There were 471 respondents selected by applying
multistage random sampling. Data was analyzed with chi square test, phi
coefficient (f) with α = 0.05. Number of smokers were 25.3% of respon-
dents, meanwhile, low knowledge of respondents were 16.6%, a negative
interaction within a peer group of 24.2%, a negative interaction with family
47.8%, the negative response to cigarette advertising 4.9%, and a negative
attitude 3.4%. Chi square test showed there was a correlation between
peer group interaction (p value = 0.000), family interaction (p value = 0.010),
cigarette advertisement (p value = 0.000), and smoking attitude (p value =
0,001), and smoking behavior of the teenagers. However, no correlation
between the level of knowledge (p value = 0.056) and smoking behavior
among the teenagers. Peer group and cigarette advertisement most signif-
icant affect smoking behavior of teenagers. It is recommended that schools
need to be involved to provide prevention and intervention on smoking
behavior of teenagers are more intensive.
