THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SMOKING A WIDE VARIETY OF TYPES WITH HYPERTENSION

Smoking is one of the habits of living that can influence blood pressure. WHO reported in 2008, the number of smokers in the world reached 1.35 billion people. Indonesia was in the third grade of smokers, after China and India with 65 (28%) milion smoker or 225 milyard cigarettes in a year. From the above figures, if aggregated around Indonesia 27.6% smokers, that is, each 4 person Indonesia, there is a smoker. Growth rates in Indonesia cigarettes from 2000 to 2008 was 0.9% per year so that no less than Rp 100 trillion rupiah funds community issued only to purchase approximately 225 billion cigarettes. The impact of smoking for health is a disease related to cardiovascular system that many people suffered from hypertension. In the RSUDAM province of Lampung, a patient with hypertension visits per year reaching 1000 patients. This research aims to know the relationship between smoking a wide variety of …