Lung Cancer

Is smoking acceptable for lung cancer patient? Factors influencing the stigmatization.

“…Indeed, the participants from both samples considered the person's behavior most acceptable when they had quit smoking, judging the behavior of the person thinking about quitting smoking comparatively less acceptable, and the behavior of the person who continued smoking to have a very low acceptability. This certainly illustrates with quantitative data the current vivid stigmatization around smoking (McLaughlin-Barrett & Brunelli, 2021;Scharnetzki & Schiller, 2021). On the same theme, the smoking habits factor, that is, smoking 1−2 or 20 cigarettes daily, showed higher acceptability of the character's behavior for the lowest consumption, with a medium effect size.…”

“…Every year, nearly 2 million people worldwide are diagnosed with lung cancer, a disease with a 5-year survival rate ranging from 4% to 18%, depending on cancer stage and regional differences (Hirsch et al, 2017). Like other cancer patients, patients diagnosed with lung cancer are overwhelmed with negative psychological consequences, including anxiety and depression symptoms, but they also have to bear an additional burden, as lung cancer is associated with the stereotype that the patient’s behavior is the cause of the disease, a belief which may or may not be true (Hamann et al, 2018; Scharnetzki & Schiller, 2021).…”

“…The stigmatization of lung cancer most likely results from the stigmatization around tobacco smoking (McLaughlin-Barrett & Brunelli, 2021; Rose et al, 2022; Scharnetzki & Schiller, 2021). As a consequence, when patients reveal their diagnosis to their social network, a frequent reply is “Did you smoke?” or “I didn’t know you smoke,” impulsive reactions that plague people living with lung cancer (McLaughlin-Barrett & Brunelli, 2021).…”

“…These actions are aimed at discouraging people from smoking by converting the public perception of smoking from a desirable to an unwanted behavior (Castaldelli-Maia et al, 2016; Evans-Polce et al, 2015). They certainly had a role in the reduction of smoking prevalence observed in most high-income countries, but they also contributed to the public perception that smoking is the unique cause of lung cancer, and furthermore altered empathy for people living with this disease (McLaughlin-Barrett & Brunelli, 2021; Scharnetzki & Schiller, 2021). Interestingly, a recent study in smokers showed that those with high concern about getting lung cancer were more prone to stigmatize patients when compared with smokers less concerned about having the disease (Diaz et al, 2022).…”

Impacts of self-confidence cultivation combined with family collaborative nursing on the hope level, stigma and exercise tolerance in patients undergoing radical resection of pulmonary carcinoma

“…Foreign studies have showed that lung cancer patients may suffer from stigma. The stronger the stigma, the worse their living quality ( 12 ). Stigma refers to the shame experience generated when an individual is discriminated against by others because of his or her illness ( 13 ).…”