Changes in smoking habits of relatives of cancer-diagnosed patients with smoking background

Struggle against smoking, one of the most important preventable cancer causes, is a major public health problem. First-degree relatives of patients diagnosed with cancer to compare the smoking behavior of first-degree relatives without cancer diagnosis use data for smoking cessation studies the purpose of this study was to select the patients who applied to Ege University Hospital Tülay Aktaş Medical Oncology Department for examination and treatment. These are 100 people with first-degree near-diagnosed smoking-related cancer, 32 of them with other cancer, total of 132 people diagnosed with cancer in the first degree were included in the study group and the control group of 112 people who were not diagnosed with cancer in the first degree relatives total of 244 smokers were included in the study. Sociodemographic information form and Fagerstrom Nicotine Addiction Test (FNAT) scale were applied to the participants and the data were analyzed in SPSS. When sociodemographic characteristics were examined; the youngest one is 18 years old and the oldest one is 77 years old. The average age was calculated as 40,1926. 87 (35.7%) of the participants were female and 157 (64.3%) were male. 158 (64.8%) were married or living with a partner, 74 (30.3%) were single and 12 (4.9%) were separated or divorced. When the FNAT scores of the subjects were compared with the first degree relatives with and without cancer, P = 0,208 and there was no significance because it was greater than 0,05. The fact that the first-degree relatives of the individuals were diagnosed with cancer did not affect their smoking cessation attempts and FNAT scores. When the gender and FNAT scores of the participants were compared, p = 0.016. FNAT score was higher in males. It was seen that men smoke much more than women. In our study, the number of people who tried to quit smoking was 176 (72.1%). 206 participants (84.4%) knew about the sources of professional help. The number of those receiving professional help for smoking cessation was 28 (11.5%). Even if the participants tried to quit smoking, it was seen that they did not receive professional help that they tried on their own.