AUTHOR=Domosławska-Żylińska Katarzyna , Włodarczyk Dorota 

TITLE=Smoking Avoidance, Physical Activity and Diet as Preventative Behaviours for Lung, Prostate and Colorectal Cancer - A Comparison of the Extended Parallel Process Model Groups

JOURNAL=International Journal of Public Health

VOLUME=Volume 70 - 2025

YEAR=2025

URL=https://www.ssph-journal.org/journals/international-journal-of-public-health/articles/10.3389/ijph.2025.1607278

DOI=10.3389/ijph.2025.1607278

ISSN=1661-8564

ABSTRACT=Objectives:An analysis of men's perceptions of the role of smoking avoidance, physical activity, and diet in relation to the subjective risk threat of lung, prostate, and colorectal cancers, with adoption of the Extended Parallel Process Model (EPPM). Methods: The study was conducted using a survey questionnaire by Computer Assisted Web Interviewing on a representative sample of 1,000 male Polish citizens aged 18-65.Results: Prostate cancer was considered the most likely and most severe type of cancer. A healthy diet was the intervention that was considered the most effective and the one most likely to be implemented for colorectal cancer. Respondents found pereceived smoking avoidance to be effective intervention, while considering this to be the least feasible strategy to implement for lung cancer.  Belonging to the EPPM groups was mainly associated with educational level, materialfinancial situation, and self-assessed health status.Conclusions: The need to implement interventions aimed at: increase the perceived risk of smoking in the context of lung cancer incidence, increase men's self-efficacy in smoking avoidance and reduce the level of perceived losses from undertaking a healthy diet and smoking cessation avoidance.