The study refers to a survey of the life-styles and factors associated with the occurrence of cancer in smokers of Sidrolândia (MS, Brazil). Study participants were 501 smokers registered in the Family Health Program, which were identified by community health agents. They answered a questionnaire based on the surveys used by the National Institute of Cancer and Prevention and Surveillance Program. The results showed that: the subjects are mostly women from 26 to 45 years of age (p= 0,035), living with a partner, do not work out, have little schooling and per capita family income of up to one minimum wage. Also they began to smoke in adolescence and smoke industrialized cigarette. They smoke an average of ten cigarettes a day, even indoors, even knowing that this is harmful to health, exposing the family to passive smoking. As for health problems, 30.6% have respiratory problems/allergy, 17.4% high-pressure and 10.8% depression. The sedentary was reported by 77.6% of the interviewees, the frequent habit of drinking alcohol by 48.7% and over-weight by 37.1%. Only 5.8% of respondents reported only smoking, 94.2% presented one or more of these factors associated with the occurrence of cancer.
Smoking; Life-style; Cancer
