<![CDATA[According to the Indonesian Ministry of Health in 2010 stated that in Indonesia,approximately 70% of smokers start the habit before the age of 19 years. The proportion ofnew smokers continue to grow while the group of younger children aged 5-9 years. Tualangsubdistrict’s societyconsisting of mostly teenagers who are studying inseveralSenior HighSchool, one of them is SMAN 2 Tualang whichis strategic location in Tualang districtusedbystudentsusually as a gathering places thathaving high risk potentiallyto increase naughtinessamongadolescentssuch as smoking habits. This research aims to analyze the relationshipbetween knowledge and attitudes towards smoking habits of students in SMAN 2 Tualang2014. This type of research is the design of Analytical and quantitative cross-sectionalapproach. The total sample is 75 respondents of 293 population by means of randomsampling. Univariate analysis and the Bivariate chi-square test are used to determine therelationship between knowledge, attitudes towards smoking habits of students. The results ofthis study shows a significant relationship between knowledge and attitudes of the smokinghabits of students, with p-value = 0.035 and OR = 1,357. Any significant relationshipbetween attitudes towards smoking habits of students with p-value = 0.010 and OR = 6,067.Therefore we can conclude the results of the research in SMAN 2 Tualang shows positive andsignificant relationship between knowledge, attitudes towards smoking habits of young men,that respondents with low knowledge have the opportunity to perform 1,357 times smokinghabits, and attitudes of respondents who have agreed to have the opportunity to take action6,067 times smoking habits. Be Suggested for respondents to be able to attend the seminar onlung health related to smoking habits due to enrich knowledge as a basis to have goodattitudes towards smoking habits.Keywords : Knowledge, Attitude,Young Men/ Students, Smoking Habits]]>
