Indonesia has the highest prevalence of smoking (50.68%) compared to other ASEAN countries. On January 1st, 2017, the Indonesian government raised cigarette excise taxes. The purpose of this study was to analysis the impact of cigarette excise increase on cigarette consumption among adolescents aged 17 to 25 years. The study design used cross-sectional survey. A total of 153 adolescents were recruited in this study through simple random sampling technique. Questionnaires and observation papers were used in this study. A face-to-face interview was conducted to fulfill the data collection through home visit for each respondent. The data were obtained during May -June 2017. This study used paired t test analysis. The number of cigarettes consumed by adolescent decreased significantly by two cigarettes per day after the increase in cigarette excise tax. There is a significant difference of the average cigarettes price based on the brand after the implementation of cigarette excise tax increase, the difference of cigarette price is IDR 200 per stick of cigarettes after excise tax increase. Increased cigarette excise taxes may affect the increasing of cigarette prices. Threfore, it could reduce the number of cigarette consumption.Keyword : Adolescent, cigarette, excise, price, tobacco Abstrak Indonesia memiliki prevalensi merokok tertinggi (50,68%) dibandingkan negara-negara ASEAN lainnya. Pada tanggal 1 Januari 2017, pemerintah Indonesia menaikkan pajak cukai rokok. Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk menganalisis dampak kenaikan cukai rokok terhadap konsumsi rokok pada remaja usia 17 sampai 25 tahun. Desain penelitian menggunakan survei potong lintang. Sampel pada penelitian ini adalah 153 remaja yang dipilih melalui teknik random sampling. Instrumen pada penelitian ini adalah kuesioner dan lembar observasi. Wawancara tatap muka dilakukan untuk memenuhi pengumpulan data melalui kunjungan ke rumah masing-masing responden. Data diperoleh pada bulan Mei -Juni 2017. Penelitian ini menggunakan analisis uji t berpasangan. Terdapat perbedaan rata-rata yang siginifikan jumlah rokok yang dikonsumsi dan harga rokok per batang antara sebelum dan setelah kenaikan cukai rokok. Jumlah rokok yang dikonsumsi remaja menurun dua batang rokok per hari setelah adanya kenaikan cukai rokok. Rata-rata harga rokok meningkat sebanyak Rp 200.00 per batang setelah kenaikan cukai rokok. Kenaikan cukai rokok dapat memengaruhi kenaikan harga rokok. Dengan demikian hal tersebut dapat mengurangi jumlah konsumsi rokok.
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