Published in JAMA Internal Medicine · View the paper (DOI)
A study of over 290,000 adults found that even low-intensity smokers had a significantly higher risk of earlier death than never smokers. The risk was particularly strong for lung cancer mortality, with low-intensity smokers experiencing nearly 9 times the risk of dying from lung cancer.
Coverage from 2 institutions
- No safe level of smoking NIH/National Cancer Institute · Dec 5, 2016 · first to report
- Long-term, low-intensity smoking associated with increased risks of death JAMA Network · Dec 5, 2016