This study obtained the secondary data from the national survey on tobacco control entitled, ”Review Implementasi Kebijakan Kawasan Tanpa Rokok Di Sekolah/The Review on the Implementation of SFZ Policy in School”. In addition, the results can be in the form of an evaluation, which is expected to be able to encourage the local government of the city/regency to play an active role in supporting the application of SFZ-related regulations in their area.

The evaluation activities of SFZ implementation in selected representative provinces aim to investigate and estimate the prevalence of the implementation of SFZ policies in schools. In the 2015–2019 of Medium-Term National Development Plan (RPJMN), the target of the prevalence of smoking in the population aged ≤18 years was 5.4% in 2019, and in the 2015–2019 Strategic Plan, one indicator of the government’s action on NCDs (PP-PTM) is the percentage of districts/cities that have SFZ policies in at least 50% of schools, with a target of 50% in 2019. The implementation of SFZ in schools is an effort to improve the quality of human life, which is one of the goals of the Indonesian government set forth in Nawa Cita (Widodo, 2014). The prevalence of smokers aged 10–18 years according to Riskesdas 2018 reached 9.1%, while the percentage of Indonesian population aged ≥15 years who smoked according to the 2013 Riskesdas data was 36.3% (Balitbangkes, 2013). Smoking is one of the main risk factors for NCD. It is known that the percentage of deaths from non-communicable diseases in Indonesia is high compared to other developing countries in Asia-Pacific (Prasad and Sy, 2020). Protecting the community from the dangers of cigarette smoke through the implementation of SFZs is expected to change behavior towards a healthy lifestyle and will be able to reduce morbidity and mortality from non-communicable diseases (Veruswati et al., 2018). SFZs include health service facilities, teaching and learning places, places of worship, children’s playgrounds, public transportation, workplaces, public places, and other designated places (Ministry of Health - Republic of Indonesia, 2011).

A smoke-free zone (SFZ) is a room or area where it is declared that producing, selling, advertising, or promoting tobacco products and/or smoking activities is prohibited (Ministry of Health - Republic of Indonesia and Ministry of Home Affairs - Republic of Indonesia, 2011).

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