Association Between Smoking, Smoking Cessation, and Mortality by Race, Ethnicity, and Sex Among US Adults.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Patterns of cigarette smoking and smoking cessation vary considerably across demographic groups in the US, but there is limited evidence on whether the hazards of smoking and benefits of quitting vary across these groups. Population-specific evidence on the benefits of quitting smoking may motivate cessation among groups historically underrepresented in medical research.

Objective

To quantify the association between smoking, smoking cessation, and mortality by race, ethnicity, and sex.

Design, setting, and participants

This nationally representative, prospective cohort study used data from the US National Health Interview Survey collected via questionnaire between January 1997 and December 2018 among adults aged 25 to 84 years at recruitment. Participants w

SUBMITTER: Thomson B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9593233 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature