Evaluation of Cancer Deaths Attributable to Tobacco in California, 2014-2019.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

California's tobacco control efforts have been associated with a decrease in cancer mortality, but these estimates are based on smoking prevalence of the general population. Patient-level tobacco use information allows for more precise estimates of the proportion of cancer deaths attributable to smoking.

Objective

To calculate the proportion (smoking-attributable fraction) and number (smoking-attributable cancer mortality) of cancer deaths attributable to tobacco use using patient-level data.

Design, setting, and participants

The smoking-attributable fraction and smoking-attributable cancer mortality were calculated for a retrospective cohort of patients whose cancer was diagnosed from 2014 to 2019 with at least 1 year of follow-up using relative risks from

SUBMITTER: Maguire FB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9856507 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature