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Vol. 299 No. 17, May 7, 2008 JAMA. 2008;299(17):2037-2047.
Jump to full article: Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), 2008-05-06
Author: Stacey A. Kenfield, ScD; Meir J. Stampfer, MD, DrPH; Bernard A. Rosner, PhD; Graham A. Colditz, MD, DrPH
Intro: Smoking is associated with an increased risk of total and cause-specific death, but the rate of mortality risk reduction after quitting compared with continuing to smoke is uncertain. . . .
Prospective observational study of 104 519 female participants in the Nurses' Health Study with follow-up from 1980 to 2004.
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Conclusions
Most of the excess risk of vascular mortality due to smoking in women may be eliminated rapidly upon cessation and within 20 years for lung diseases. Postponing the age of smoking initiation reduces the risk of respiratory disease, lung cancer, and other smoking-related cancer deaths but has little effect on other cause-specific mortality. These data suggest that smoking is associated with an increased risk of colorectal cancer mortality but not ovarian cancer mortality.
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