Literature Review Study: Supporting and Inhibiting Factors of the Success to Stop Smoking

Indonesia is the third country with the highest number of smokers in the world after China and India with a smoker‟s prevalence of 36.1%. Many smokers have the desire to stop smoking but there are many obstacles to its success, so too the government has established a no-smoking area program (KTR). This study aims to review and compare several articles about inhibiting factors and supporters of the success of quitting smoking so that it becomes a public concern and a reference in making programs that support non-smoking areas (KTR). The design used was a literature review taken from the PubMed data base on inhibiting factors and supporters of successful smoking cessation. The articles that have been netted from PubMed are 50 articles and those that fit the inclusion criteria are qualitative research as many as 19 articles. Review literature research results described that the factors supporting the success of quitting smoking, namely 1) Individual factors (personal motivation, mindset, strong determination to stop smoking), 2) Regulations at work, 3) Social changes in the form of a non-smoking environment or region, 4) Having physical activity and social media can increase the success of quitting smoking. 5) When the intervention will be carried out, the intervention will be in the long term because the smoking tradition has strong roots. Things that can inhibit the success of quitting smoking are the main factors, namely 1) Social factors between smokers, both within the family and in the community, 2) Low knowledge and attitudes towards understanding about smoking and its dangers scientifically, 3) Problems in everyday life such as stress, financial problems, boredom and smoking habits when eating, 4) cigarette advertisements can encourage to continue smoking, 5) Difficulties in nicotine replacement. Things that can be concluded from the review literature that the success factors to stop smoking are determined by social factors, individual factors, and cigarette advertising, physical activity and workplace factors.