National Burden of Cancers Attributable to Secondhand Smoking in Indonesia

Permitasari, Ni Putu Ayu Linda; Satibi, Satibi; Kristina, Susi Ari

doi:10.22034/APJCP.2018.19.7.1951

National Burden of Cancers Attributable to Secondhand Smoking in Indonesia

Document Type : Research Articles

Authors

¹ Undergraduate Program, Faculty of Pharmacy, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.

² Department of Pharmaceutics, Faculty of Pharmacy, University Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.

10.22034/APJCP.2018.19.7.1951

Abstract

Background: The high prevalence of smokers in Indonesia is also increase the number of people as secondhand
smokers. Secondhand smoke causes many health problems, including cancer. Thus, Indonesia will bear large number
cancer burden of disease, but research on cancer related to secondhand smoking in Indonesia still does not exist.
Therefore, this study aimed to determine the number of secondhand smoke attributable fractions (SAFs) of six cancers
(lung, bladder, colorectal, stomach, pancreas and larynx) and burden of cancer caused by secondhand smoking in
Indonesia using Disability Adjusted Life Years (DALYs) indicator. Material and Methods: This research was using
descriptive epidemiological prevalence-based research design, with cancers prevalence data gained from Indonesian
health assurance system database in 2016. The SAFs is calculated by combining both data of secondhand smoking
prevalence and relative risk and the DALY indicator is calculated as the sum of years of life lost due to premature
mortality (YLL) and the equivalent healthy years lost due to disability (YLD). Results: Based on SAFs proportion,
the highest SAFs among men were in pancreas cancer (80.20%), stomach cancer (79.54%) and laryngeal cancer
(69.61%), whereas in women, pancreas cancer (78.95%), stomach cancer (78.26%) and bladder cancer (63.30%).
Meanwhile, burden priorities for Indonesian men and woman were lung cancer (110,491), colorectal (68,131), and
bladder cancer (39,140). Conclusions: In total, DALYs 6 cancer diseases due to secondhand smoke analyzed in this
study were 283,360 DALYs. Thus, the results of the research can be used as a basis for further policies making on
national cigarette prevention and control in Indonesia.

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