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Smoking and cancer mortality among U.S. veterans: A 26‐year follow‐up
Author(s) -
McLaughlin Joseph K.,
Hrubsec Zdenek,
Blot William J.,
Fraumeni Joseph F.
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
international journal of cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.475
H-Index - 234
eISSN - 1097-0215
pISSN - 0020-7136
DOI - 10.1002/ijc.2910600210
Subject(s) - medicine , cancer , demography , gerontology , oncology , sociology
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. © 1995 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.