Smoking and cancer mortality among U.S. veterans: A 26-year follow-up

Autor:	J. F. Fraumeni, WilliamJ. Blot, Zdenek Hrubec, Joseph K. McLaughlin
Rok vydání:	2006
Předmět:	Gerontology Surgeon general Cancer Research medicine.medical_specialty business.industry Public health medicine.medical_treatment Cancer medicine.disease Oncology Epidemiology medicine Smoking cessation business Prospective cohort study Cancer Etiology Cohort study Demography
Zdroj:	International Journal of Cancer. 60:190-193
ISSN:	1097-0215 0020-7136
DOI:	10.1002/ijc.2910600210
Popis:	On the 30th anniversary of the U.S. Surgeon General's report Smoking and Health, we present updated results from one of the original cohort studies that comprised the groundbreaking document. A 26-year follow-up of 248,046 U.S. veterans evaluating the risks of cigarette smoking revealed strong dose-response effects between smoking and total cancer and a large number of cancer sites. Over 50% of cancer deaths among current smokers and 23% of cancer deaths among former smokers were attributable to cigarette smoking. These findings further demonstrate the large and unique role cigarette smoking plays in cancer etiology and the importance of smoking cessation to reduce this enormous public health burden.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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