Gambaran Merokok Pada Penderita Hipertensi di Puskesmas Baki Kabupaten Sukoharjo

Hypertension, also known as high blood pressure is a condition in which blood vessels have been constantly lifting pressure. Blood pressure is created by the force of pushing blood against the walls of blood vessels (arteries) as pumped by the heart. The higher the pressure the harder the heart has to pump. As a result, blood volume increases which will eventually increase blood pressure. ACE plays a very important physiological role in regulating blood pressure. This can happen because someone has bad lifestyle habits. Smoking is one of the factors that degenerate hypertension, where a person smokes as much as two cigarettes, the systolic and diastolic pressure will increase by about 10 mmHg. Tobacco as one of the ingredients of cigarettes has a large enough effect in increasing blood pressure because it can cause constriction of blood vessels. This research is a descriptive quantitative research method that is a research method conducted with the main objective to make a picture or description of a situation objectively that has to do with the problem under study. The sampling technique uses a quota sampling technique. The number of respondents in this study were 88 respondents. While the research instrument used a smoking habit questionnaire. Data analysis techniques using univariate analysis. The average age of respondents is 58-60 years, with male sex, suffering from majority hypertension 2 years, the highest number suffering from hypertension is moderate hypertension with 47 respondents and hypertension sufferers with smoking habits of 32 respondents.