TEMPO.CO, Purwakarta - Around 400 students in Purwakarta, West Java, have been warned for smoking. They are also imposed with point reduction at school.
Hundreds of students were discovered to be active smokers, during an oral test in SMKN (State Junior High School) I Purwakarta, on Monday, August 22.
"I was informed that there are around 800 active smokers, 400 of whom are heavy smokers," said Purwakarta District Head, Dedi Mulyadi.
The check up on Monday was the first in the second phase. The first phase, taking place in May, covered 29,403 students, around 2,000 of whom are heavy smokers.
The next phase will take place on December. If they have not been cut their smoking activities, the school will take action and cut their score.
"Smoking is not only bad for health but also bad for their (family's) economy," he said.
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