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J K McLaughlin1, Z Hrubec, W J Blot
1National Cancer Institute, Division of Cancer Etiology, Rockville, MD.
Abstract:
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.
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