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“Just Because You’ve Got Lung Cancer Doesn’t Mean I Will”: Lung Cancer, Smoking, and Family Dynamics

“Just Because You’ve Got Lung Cancer Doesn’t Mean I Will”: Lung Cancer, Smoking, and Family Dynamics Although individuals who are diagnosed with smoking-related disorders are offered smoking cessation programs, little attention has been directed toward reducing tobacco use among healthy relatives who smoke. The purpose of this article is to report smoking relatives’ responses to a family member’s diagnosis of lung disease, their constructions of smoking in this context, and their interaction patterns with the patient. Interviews with 11 family members where there was a diagnosis of lung cancer and 3 family members where there was another serious smoking-related diagnosis were analyzed. Family members used two strategies to support their continued smoking: distancing themselves from the diagnosis and taking the position that smoking cessation needed to be internally motivated by the “right reason” and initiated at the “right time” to anticipate success. The few participants who chose to quit, did so in support of their ill family member. The findings provide direction for intervening with family members who smoke. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Family Nursing SAGE

“Just Because You’ve Got Lung Cancer Doesn’t Mean I Will”: Lung Cancer, Smoking, and Family Dynamics

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Publisher
SAGE
Copyright
© The Author(s) 2010
ISSN
1074-8407
eISSN
1552-549X
DOI
10.1177/1074840710370747
pmid
20595105
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Abstract

Although individuals who are diagnosed with smoking-related disorders are offered smoking cessation programs, little attention has been directed toward reducing tobacco use among healthy relatives who smoke. The purpose of this article is to report smoking relatives’ responses to a family member’s diagnosis of lung disease, their constructions of smoking in this context, and their interaction patterns with the patient. Interviews with 11 family members where there was a diagnosis of lung cancer and 3 family members where there was another serious smoking-related diagnosis were analyzed. Family members used two strategies to support their continued smoking: distancing themselves from the diagnosis and taking the position that smoking cessation needed to be internally motivated by the “right reason” and initiated at the “right time” to anticipate success. The few participants who chose to quit, did so in support of their ill family member. The findings provide direction for intervening with family members who smoke.

Journal

Journal of Family NursingSAGE

Published: Aug 1, 2010

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