The combined effect of smoking tobacco and drinking alcohol on cause-specific mortality: a 30 year cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Smoking and consuming alcohol are both related to increased mortality risk. Their combined effects on cause-specific mortality were investigated in a prospective cohort study.

Methods

Participants were 5771 men aged 35-64, recruited during 1970-73 from various workplaces in Scotland. Data were obtained from a questionnaire and a screening examination. Causes of death were all cause, coronary heart disease (CHD), stroke, alcohol-related, respiratory and smoking-related cancer. Participants were divided into nine groups according to their smoking status (never, ex or current) and reported weekly drinking (none, 1-14 units and 15 or more). Cox proportional hazards models were used to obtain relative rates of mortality, adjusted for age and other risk factors.

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SUBMITTER: Hart CL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3022858 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature