Introduction:
Smoking is considered a serious public health problem, being one of the main preventable causes of morbidity, disability, and mortality, and is the main modifiable factor causing cancer (Sousa, 2015; Rebelo, 2019). Considering that one of the missions of the Portuguese League Against Cancer – Northern Branch (LPCC- NRN) is health promotion and cancer prevention, Psycho-Oncology Unit implemented a motivational smoking cessation consultation. It´s based on motivational interviewing, which is a person-centered form of direct counseling, to stimulate behavior change through mechanisms of exploring and resolving ambivalence and enhancing readiness for change (Miller & Rollnick, 2013).

Objective:
Characterize the profile of smokers who seek smoking cessation consultation at the LPCC-NRN, and how they accessed it.

Material and Methods:
This is a descriptive cross-sectional study based on a sociodemographic questionnaire.

Results:
54 individuals, aged between 22 and 71 years (M= 44), attended the consultation. Of these, 21 were female (39%), 33 were male (61%). Of all individuals, only 2 (4%) have cancer. 35 individuals (65%) sought consultation on their initiative (different sources of dissemination), and the rest were referred by family members, and friends (31%), health professionals (4%). A total of 236 consultations were carried out.

Conclusions:
Results indicate that the majority of individuals seeking consultation at the LPCC-NRN are men, who do so on their own initiative and without associated cancer disease. We concluded that consultation is preferably sought by the general population and, in a minority, of cancer patients. It’s pertinent to understand why only 4% of the sample is composed by cancer patients. That may be explained by the possibility of this population benefit this kind of consultation in the healthcare units where they are treated