Smokeless tobacco mortality risks: an analysis of two contemporary nationally representative longitudinal mortality studies.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Assessments supporting smokeless tobacco (SLT) disease risk are generally decades old. Newer epidemiological data may more accurately represent the health risks associated with contemporary US-based SLT products, many of which contain lower levels of hazardous and potentially hazardous chemicals compared to previously available SLT products.

Methods

Data from two longitudinal datasets (National Longitudinal Mortality Study-NLMS, and the National Health Interview Survey-NHIS) were analyzed to determine potential associations between SLT use and/or cigarette smoking and all-cause and disease-specific mortality. Mortality hazard ratios (HR) were estimated using a Cox proportional hazards regression model applied to various groups, including never users of any tobacco

SUBMITTER: Fisher MT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6458834 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature