According to the Basic Health Research (Riskesdas) (2010), Indonesia is one of developing countries with high cigarette consumption and production. Based on the number of smokers, Indonesia is a country which ranked as the third largest number of smokers in the world after China and India (the Global Tobacco Epidemic, 2008). Smoking creates burden of health, social, economic and environment issues not only for smokers but also for other people. The rights of passive smokers especially infants and children need to be protected from the harm of exposure of cigarette smoke. Participatory Learning Action (PLA) is a new step in the socialization process of handling social and health problems in Indonesia, particularly in Yogyakarta. PLA is a participatory approach learning method. The socialization process of social or health messages can be a social health product, but it has been less effective as it is considered less able to affect any change in people’s behavior in accordance with the message. Title of this study is Participatory Learning Action (PLA) to Improve Family Involvement in Reducing Cigarette Consumption for Poor Families in Yogyakarta Purposes of this study are: I) to know how the smoking behavior of active smokers and how passive smokers’ respond to the poor, 2) to know how active and passive smokers interpret the meaning of smoking and smoking behavior. 3) to determine factors which influence smokers to smoke continuously, 4). to know the values hold by passive smokers on healthy family and family economic contribution, 5) to know the relationship between passive and active smokers. The type of research used is qualitative while research method being used is phenomenology. Data collection techniques include in-depth interviews, observation, focus group discussion (FGD), and PLA. Subjects are consist of active and passive smokers who are coming from poor families in Bumijo Yogyakarta and Sedayu Bantul. Results show that by using PLA approach, both active and passive smokers can communicate problems and solutions related to cigarettes properly. The data obtained show that most smokers start smoking at a young age (17,5 years in Bumijo and 20 years in Sedayu), smoking is a part of daily life for poor communities, generally, active and passive smokers do not know in detail about the dangers of smoking as they have lack of information about this issue. The man is dominant in the family. Thus, the man as a husband and leader of the household cannot accept when his wife suggest to reduce tobacco consumption. Conclusion from this study is that PLA still needs to be developed as a method that is considered able to increase people’s awareness and understanding about the dangers of smoking and, by involving citizens in the process of determining the program which suits your needs, socioc ultural and environmental, thus Participatory Learning Action (PLA ) to Improve Family Involvement in Reducing Cigarette Consumption for Poor Families in Yogyakarta cati be met. Keywords: cigarettes, PLA, poor families 80 Addressing Tobacco Problems in Developing Countries