Volume
7: No. 2, March 2010
ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Family History of Lung
Cancer and Contemplation of Smoking Cessation
| |
No family history of cancer (N = 207) |
Family history of cancer other than lung (n
= 429) |
Family history of lung cancer only (n =
202) |
| Precontemplation |
33% |
36% |
19% |
| Contemplation |
25% |
26% |
37% |
| Preparation |
43% |
38% |
44% |
Figure. Most of the adults sampled in this study
who had a family history of lung cancer were in the preparation stage (44%)
for quitting smoking, followed by the contemplation (37%) and precontemplation
(19%) stages.
Return to article
|
![](/navimages/spacer.gif"){kind=spacer}
