Tobacco control and the reduction in smoking-related premature deaths in the United States, 1964-2012.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

January 2014 marks the 50th anniversary of the first surgeon general's report on smoking and health. This seminal document inspired efforts by governments, nongovernmental organizations, and the private sector to reduce the toll of cigarette smoking through reduced initiation and increased cessation.

Objective

To model reductions in smoking-related mortality associated with implementation of tobacco control since 1964.

Design, setting, and participants

Smoking histories for individual birth cohorts that actually occurred and under likely scenarios had tobacco control never emerged were estimated. National mortality rates and mortality rate ratio estimates from analytical studies of the effect of smoking on mortality yielded death rates by smoking status. Ac

SUBMITTER: Holford TR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4056770 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature