BRONCHOGENIC CARCINOMA

SMOKING HABITS IN PATIENTS.

Abstract

Background: The Connection between smoking and lung cancer is now generally accepted. The objective of this study
was to observe smoking habits among different histological types of bronchogenic carcinoma. Setting: Bahawal Victoria Hospital,
Bahawalpur. P e r i o d : April 2000 to March 2003. M e t h o d s : This was a simple descriptive study comprising of 30 consective
histopathologically / cytologically confirmed cases of bronchogenic carcinoma that were admitted in different medical units of Bahawal
Victoria Hospital, Bahawalpur. History regarding smoking was taken in detail including type of smoking, quantity of tobacco smoked and
duration of smoking in years. Smoking patterns were observed with their age, gender, living conditions and type of bronchogenic carcinoma.
Results: Among eighteen cases of squmous cell carcinoma, history of smoking was present in all males. Only one female who belonged
to a village was non- smoker. Cases with small cell carcinoma were six in total and all were males with five smokers, three urban areas and
two rural areas. Only one was a non- smoker with a rural background. Three females and one male had adenocarcinoma. One male from
city and one female from a village were smokers, while remaining two females were non-smoker and lived in urban areas. Two men suffering
from large carcinoma were smokers residing in urban areas. C o n c l u s i o n : Cigarette smoking is present in 87% of all bronchogenic carcinoma
especially with squamous cell, and large cell varieties. The involvement of smoking cases of adenocarcinoma has been found to be the least
common.