Abstract

Cigarette smoking leads to excess mortality risk. Although it is well known that the risk increases with the number of pack-years of smoking--that is, how much a person smokes, or "habit"--there is apparently no published studies that organize and synthesize the evidence on this topic. This paper provides a meta-analysis of the latest published findings relating to cigarette smoking habit and excess mortality. A combined estimate of the relative risk (RR) of death for smokers, stratified by habit (light, medium, or heavy smoking), compared with non-smokers is provided.

Keywords

HabitMeta-analysisCigarette smokingMedicineDemographyRelative riskExcess mortalityEnvironmental healthPsychologyPathologyConfidence intervalInternal medicinePopulationSocial psychology

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Year
2008
Type
article
Volume
40
Issue
3-4
Pages
170-8
Citations
78
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Robert M. Shavelle, David Paculdo, David Strauss et al. (2008). Smoking habit and mortality: a meta-analysis.. PubMed , 40 (3-4) , 170-8.