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Background: The Government of Indonesia in 28 PERMENKES explains Pictorial Health Warning or Health Warnings are images and writings that provide information about the dangers of smoking. Drawings and writings Health Warnings shall have the meanings are printed together with the Tobacco Products Packaging and not a sticker attached to the Tobacco Product Packaging or replaced by the consumer with a cute sticker. Smoking behavior among adolescents need to be enhanced by utilizing the visual media image poster warning or PHW Purpose: The purpose of this study was to know effect of PHW-based poster on adolescent quit smoking behaviour hamlet Tlogo Methods: This study is a quantitative research, quasy-Experimental with pre-test and post-test control group design. Measurement of behaviors done during the pre-test and post-test for 1 month. The research was conducted from January to March 2016 in the hamlet Tlogo. Respondents consisted of 16 treatment groups were given intervention in the form of posters based on PHW and 16 people in the control group. Results: The results of Wlicoxon Signed Ranks Test showed no influence PHW-based poster with a value p = <0.414 then there is no difference in the level of smoking behavior in the intervention group and the control group. The Mann-whitnet test result on the difference in the smoking behavior of pre-tets control group and treatment group obtained the result of 0,812 and the mann-whitney test result on the defference in the smoking behavior of post-test control group and treatment group obtained the result of 0,838. Conclusion: There is no effect of PHW-based poster on adolescent smoking behavior in Tlogo Village Kasihan Bantul. The next researchears are to be expected to do a deeper analysis on factors that related to adolescent smoking behaviour