Introduction:

there has been an increase in lung cancer mortality in the world in recent years as a consequence of the increase in the pre-valence of smoking.

Objective:

to propose orienting activities on lung cancer protective factors in the smoking population.

Methods:

a cross-sectional descriptive observational study was carried out in 38 smokers belonging to a population at risk in the Municipality of Quemado de Güines out of a total of 58, which constituted the study population. Quantitative non-probabilistic intentional sampling was used to select the sample.

Results:

the research revealed a predominance of the 66 to 75 years old age group (39.47%), male sex (55.26%) and workers (47.36%) and it was corroborated that 55.26% consumed more than 10 cigarettes a day and that 97.36% were uninformed about the elements that reduce the risk or prevent this disease from causing harm.

Conclusions:

the smoking population was oriented to minimize or eliminate the habit after the prevailing misinformation about lung cancer, the protective factors of the disease in the sample studied and the actions to be taken to prevent it.

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