The Smoking Prevention by Boarding School Model for Early Teens in Makassar

This research aims to describe the efficiency of smoking prevention learning models for early teens. The learning model has designed and tested by experts and implemented through activities of the boarding school. The learning achievement is student knowledge about cigarette and smoking, and their attitude to tobacco prevention. The type of research is the Research and Development which include, preliminary investigation phase, design phase, realization/construction area phase, phase test, evaluation, revision, and Implementation phase. This quantitative descriptive method described learning achievement with Wilcoxon test and N. Gain. The research results of this learning model implemented in 60 teenagers, previously done pre-test knowledge and attitudes of adolescents. The Wilcoxon tests resulted that there were very significant differences between knowledge and belief of teens prior learning the process and after the process of learning. The N-Gain test resulted that the learning model was adequate for increasing awareness and student attitude.