Abstract :
Smoking is one of the risk factors for various heart diseases, hypertension,
inflammation, stroke, blood clotting disorders, and respiratory diseases. Smoking
also accelerates the pathogenesis of various malignancies, such as lung, pancreatic,
breast, liver and kidney malignancies. E-cigarettes (vapour cigarettes) are a form of
NRT that uses electricity from battery power to deliver nicotine in vapor form and
is referred to by WHO as an electronic nicotine delivery system (ENDS). Smokers
generally have a higher hematocrit than non-smokers, due to the large number of
chemical substances in cigarettes. The increase in red blood cell mass is explained
as a response to tissues that lack oxygen supply as a result of exposure to one of the
chemicals contained in cigarettes, namely Carbon Monoxide (CO). This study aims
to determine the description of the Hematocrit value in electric smokers.
The design of this research is descriptive. The sample in this study were ecigarette smokers in the e-cigarette community in Sragen City with a total of 28
samples. Samples were taken using quota sampling technique. The variable in this
study was the Hematocrit value for electric smokers using the microhematocrit
method.
Based on this study, it is known that 28 respondents found 25 respondents
had normal hematocrit values and 3 respondents had hematocrit values more than
normal.
The conclusion of this study is that some of the respondents who smoked
using e-cigarettes in the e-cigarette community had a Hematocrit value more than
normal.