This study was performed to investigate the factors involved in the prevalence of smoking and smoking cessation. A total of 730 individuals participated in our study among whom 372 (51.0%) were male. While 306 (41.9) of the participants were active smokers, 131 (18.0%) had quitted smoking. Active smoking has a positive correlation with factors such as being male, being divorced/widowed, having lifetime smoking mother and father and having increased number of lifetime smoking in the family, whereas it has a negative correlation with increasing age. Increasing age and rising number of ex-smokers in the family elevate the prevalences of smoking cessation.
 

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