What proportion of cancer deaths in the contemporary United States is attributable to cigarette smoking?

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 179-182.e1

  Jacobs, Eric J ^a   Newton, Christina C ^a   Carter, Brian D ^a   Feskanich, Diane ^b   Freedman, Neal D ^c   Prentice, Ross L ^d   Flanders, W Dana ^a,e  

^a AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^e EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Cigarettes; Mortality; Population attributable fraction; Smoking; Tobacco

Indexed keywords

TOBACCO SMOKE; PASSIVE SMOKING;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKELESS TOBACCO; SMOKING; TOBACCO USE; UNITED STATES; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH SURVEY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEOPLASMS; PASSIVE SMOKING; PROCEDURES; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING CESSATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEOPLASMS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84923228398     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: 18732585     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2014.11.008     Document Type: Article

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