DOI: 10.36347/sjams.2018.v06i12.002

Pages: 4639-4642

According to World Health Organization (WHO) nearly 5 million people worldwide died every year due to diseases caused by cigarette smoking. If the trends continue, there will be 8 million deaths on 2030. Around 80% of the world’s 1.1 billion smokers live in low and middle income countries. The national prevalence of smoking in Indonesia based on Research Report on Basic Health (RISKESDAS) 2018 is 28.8% and North Sulawesi is at the 10th of 35 provinces. In order to find solutions on this critical situation along with the raising people awareness about the dangerous of cigarette smoking, the damages related to smoking (i.e. haematological parameters) need to be assessed more to obtain better knowledge, treatment and better health policy on smoking related problems. Cigarette smoking based on previous studies has acute and chronic effects on various haematological parameters with some inconsistent results. Many studies shows cigarette smoking increases blood leucocyte levels but its effect on other haematological parameters is largely unexplored and inconsistent. This study aims to determine the relationships between the degrees of smoking and some haematological parameters. This study was a cross-sectional design study on 51 healthy male students of Faculty of Engineering Sam Ratulangi University badge 2015 and 2016, aged 18 – 24 years old. The subjects are active smokers of at least 2 cigarettes daily in duration of minimally 2 years. Blood sample were obtained from the subjects and measured for various hematology parameters.