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The purpose of this research is to identify rural women's oral cancer prevention activities using the theory of planned behavior (TPB).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>The current research is a cross-sectional analysis of 700 female hookah users who were referred to rural health facilities in Fasa and Shiraz, Fars, Iran in 2019\u20132020. The participants were selected by random sampling method. The TPB questionnaire and a demographic information questionnaires were the data gathering instruments used in this study to assess oral cancer prevention practices among participants. Data were analyzed by SPSS 22 using frequency, mean, and standard deviation as descriptive statistics, and Pearson correlation coefficients and linear regression as inferential statistics at a significance level of <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2009&amp;lt;\u20090.05. The Kolmogorov-Smirnov test was used to determine whether the data were normal.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>The average age of the participants was 44.54\u2009\u00b1\u20098.72 years, and the average age at which they started hookah was 23.8\u2009\u00b1\u200928.68 years. The average history of hookah use was 15.8\u2009\u00b1\u20096.65 years, and the average size of the household in the test group was 4.73\u2009\u00b1\u20091.16. The average scores of the constructs of the TPB and oral cancer prevention behaviors were average or at a low level, while nicotine addiction was relatively high. The constructs of knowledge, attitude, subjective norms, and behavioral intention are significantly correlated with oral cancer prevention behaviors in hookah-user women. 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