21st-Century Hazards of Smoking and Benefits of Cessation in the United States | Zendy

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21st-Century Hazards of Smoking and Benefits of Cessation in the United States

Author(s) -

Prabhat Jha,

Chinthanie Ramasundarahettige,

Victoria Landsman,

Brian L. Rostron,

Michael J. Thun,

Robert N. Anderson,

Tim McAfee,

Richard Peto

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

new england journal of medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 19.889

H-Index - 1030

eISSN - 1533-4406

pISSN - 0028-4793

DOI - 10.1056/nejmsa1211128

Subject(s) - medicine , hazard ratio , demography , confidence interval , smoking cessation , life expectancy , national health interview survey , gerontology , environmental health , population , pathology , sociology

Extrapolation from studies in the 1980s suggests that smoking causes 25% of deaths among women and men 35 to 69 years of age in the United States. Nationally representative measurements of the current risks of smoking and the benefits of cessation at various ages are unavailable.

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