COMPARISON OF HEMOGLOBIN LEVELS IN ACTIVE AND PASSIVE SMOKERS OVER THE AGE OF 17 YEARS IN SUWAWA DISTRICT, BONE BOLANGO DISTRICT

Abstract

Smokers are people who smoke cigarettes either directly or indirectly. Smoking is one of the incomplete combustion that produces white smoke (carbon particles) and carbon monoxide. High levels of carbon monoxide in the body can affect the work of hemoglobin to bind to oxygen. This study aims to determine the comparison of hemoglobin levels in active smokers and passive smokers over the age of 17 years in Suwawa District, Bone Bolango District. The method in this study uses a quantitative approach with the type of cross-sectional research and data analysis used, namely the T-Test Sample Test. The results of hemoglobin levels in active smokers from 16 samples obtained normal results as many as 7 samples and abnormal as many as 9 samples. In passive smokers from 16 samples, normal results were obtained as many as 8 samples and abnormal as many as 8 samples. The accepted hypothesis is the Alternative Hypothesis (Ha), and the rejected hypothesis is the null hypothesis (H0).