## 3 Results  
A total of 54.8% (137/250) of the participants were male and 45.2% (113/250) of the participants were female; 92% (230/250) had a high school diploma and above education. While 59.6% (149/250) of the participants did not smoke now, 51.6% (129/250) of them stated that they had smoked in the past. Daily consumption of smoking patients: 4.8% of them consumed at least five cigarettes, 15.6% used 5-14 cigarettes, 13.6% consumed 15-29 cigarettes, and 2% of the smoking patients consumed more than 30 cigarettes. Only just one patient currently used smokeless tobacco. Twenty-two percent of the participants tried to stop using tobacco products during the past 12 months. Furthermore, 50.4% of the participants stated that no one was smoking in their house and 42.4% of them said there was daily tobacco consumption in their house. A total of 55.6% (139/250) of the participants did not use alcohol; the most frequent use was determined as per week at the rate of 29.2% (73/115). While 87.2% of the participants considered tobacco use as a risk factor for oral cancer, this rate droped to 65.6% for alcohol use. A mouth sore that does not heal (64%) and abnormal mass/lump in the mouth (59.2%) were detected at the highest rates as symptoms of oral cancer, and the percentages of other symptoms followed by white/red patch in the mouth (41.6%), difficulty chewing/swallowing (40%), and slow change in voice quality (34.4%). Stopping tobacco use was the most common option to prevent oral cancer (79.6%), the prevalence of other actions was quitting alcohol use (66.4%), avoiding contact with secondhand smoke (37.6%), brushing and flossing your teeth twice/day (50.8%), and telling your dentist when your denture(s) do not fit well (23.3%). In total, 62.4% of the participants stated that they were not getting any education about mouth cancer by their healthcare and 63.6% of all participants implied that their healthcare provider did not tell them that human papilloma virus (HPV) can cause mouth cancer. A comparison of these answers according to gender can be seen in Table 1. Significant differences were found between genders in current smokers, past tobacco users, alcohol users, and HPV awareness questions. Female patients answered 'no' to these questions (\(p<0.05\)). Survey questions were compared between the currently smoking and non-smoker participants in Table 2. As a result, the rate of 'yes' answers to alcohol may cause mouth cancer and quit tobacco use was significantly higher in current smokers than non-smokers (\(p<0.05\)). There was also no significant difference between alcohol users and nonalcoholic users (Table 3). \begin{table}
\begin{tabular}{c c c c c c} \hline \hline  & \multicolumn{4}{c}{**Curently Smoking**} \\ \hline  & & **Yes** & **No** & **\(p\)-value** \\ \hline \multirow{2}{*}{Tobacco may cause mouth cancer} & Yes & 88\% & 87.2\% & \multirow{2}{*}{1.00} \\ \cline{2-4}  & No & 12\% & 12.8\% & \\ \hline \multirow{2}{*}{Alcohol may cause mouth cancer} & Yes & 74.3\% & 60.1\% & \multirow{2}{*}{0.022 \({}^{*}\)} \\ \cline{2-4}  & No & 25.7\% & 39.9\% & \\ \hline \multirow{2}{*}{Difficulty chewing/swallowing as a symptom of oral cancer} & Yes & 37.6\% & 41.6\% & \multirow{2}{*}{0.599} \\ \cline{2-4}  & No & 62.4\% & 58.4\% & \\ \hline \multirow{2}{*}{A mouth sore that does not heal as a symptom of oral cancer} & Yes & 65.3\% & 63.1\% & \multirow{2}{*}{0.789} \\ \cline{2-4}  & No & 34.7\% & 36.9\% & \\ \hline \multirow{2}{*}{Abnormal mass/lump in the mouth as a symptom of oral cancer} & Yes & 54.5\% & 62.4\% & \multirow{2}{*}{0.238} \\ \cline{2-4}  & No & 45.5\% & 37.6\% & \\ \hline \multirow{2}{*}{White/red patch in the mouth as a symptom of oral cancer} & Yes & 38.6\% & 43.6\% & \multirow{2}{*}{0.437} \\ \cline{2-4}  & No & 61.4\% & 56.4\% & \\ \hline \multirow{2}{*}{The slow change in voice quality as a symptom of oral cancer} & Yes & 31.7\% & 36.2\% & \multirow{2}{*}{0.499} \\ \cline{2-4}  & No & 68.3\% & 63.8\% & \\ \hline \hline \end{tabular}
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