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TITLE:

AWARENESS AMONG NEW SMOKERS REGARDING LUNG CANCER

AUTHORS:

Dr. Abdul Haque Khan, Dr. Rashid Khan, Dr. Shafak Nazia

ABSTRACT:

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the awareness and attitude of regarding lung cancer among smokers, those had recently started smoking. MATERIAL AND METHODS: This cross-sectional study was carried out in medicine department (OPD) of LUMHS over the period of 6 month from January 2018 up to July 2018. All cases had history of smoking less than 6 months were enrolled in the study following informed verbal consent. All the information was recorded on the self-made proforma, and data analysis was done by SPSS version 20. RESULTS: Total 150 smokers were enrolled and out of all participants, 90(60%) were males while 60(40%) were female. Majority of participants i.e. 80(53.33%) were illiterate. 40(26.66%) were from middle socioeconomic class and 90(60%) were from low socioeconomic class. Majority of participants i.e. 60(40%) smokes <5 cigarette per day while 40(26.66%) smokes 5-10 cigarette per day. Only 30(20%) participants knew that smoking causes lung cancer, 80(53.33%) had partial knowledge while 40(26.66%) had no idea. 30(20%) of the smokers had the intention to quit while rest of 40(26.6%) participants said they will try to quit it and other believed that it’s very difficult to quit. CONCLUSION: It was concluded that most of the smokers unaware regarding smoking risks and they acquired by friends, relatives and parents and believed that now it’s very difficult to quit. KEY WORDS: Lung cancer, awareness, smokers

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