Giulia Carreras1, Francesco Pistelli2,3, Franco Falcone4, Laura Carrozzi2,3, Andrea Martini1, Giovanni Viegi3,5, Giuseppe Gorini1. 1. Unit of Environmental & Occupational Epidemiology, Cancer Prevention & Research Institute (ISPO), Florence - Italy. 2. Pulmonary Unit, Cardiothoracic and Vascular Department, University Hospital of Pisa, Cisanello (Pisa) - Italy. 3. Unit of Pulmonary Environmental Epidemiology, Institute of Clinical Physiology, Italian National Research Council (IFC-CNR), Pisa - Italy. 4. Italian Association of Hospital Pulmonologists (AIPO) Research, Milan - Italy. 5. Institute of Biomedicine and Molecular Immunology, Italian National Research Council (IBIM-CNR), Palermo - Italy.
Abstract
AIMS AND BACKGROUND: The aims of this paper are to compute the risks of dying of ischemic heart disease (IHD), lung cancer (LC), stroke, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) for Italian smokers by gender, age and daily number of cigarettes smoked, and to estimate the benefit of stopping smoking in terms of risk reduction. METHODS: Life tables by sex and smoking status were computed for each smoking-related disease based on Italian smoking data, and risk charts with 10-year probabilities of death were computed for never, current and former smokers. RESULTS: Men aged 45-49 years, current smokers, have a 8, 10, 3 and 1 in 1,000 chance of dying of IHD, LC, stroke and COPD, respectively, whereas women with the same characteristics have a 2, 6, 3 and 1 in 1,000 chance, respectively, for all smokers combined, i.e., independent of the smoking intensity. The risk reduction rates from quitting smoking are remarkable: a man who quits smoking at 45-49 years can reduce the risk of dying of IHD, LC, stroke and COPD in the next 10 years by 43%, 53%, 57% and 55%, respectively; a woman by 49%, 49%, 59% and 57%, respectively. CONCLUSIONS: Estimates of risk reduction by quitting smoking are useful to provide a sounder scientific basis for public health messages and clinical advice.
AIMS AND BACKGROUND: The aims of this paper are to compute the risks of dying of ischemic heart disease (IHD), lung cancer (LC), stroke, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) for Italian smokers by gender, age and daily number of cigarettes smoked, and to estimate the benefit of stopping smoking in terms of risk reduction. METHODS: Life tables by sex and smoking status were computed for each smoking-related disease based on Italian smoking data, and risk charts with 10-year probabilities of death were computed for never, current and former smokers. RESULTS:Men aged 45-49 years, current smokers, have a 8, 10, 3 and 1 in 1,000 chance of dying of IHD, LC, stroke and COPD, respectively, whereas women with the same characteristics have a 2, 6, 3 and 1 in 1,000 chance, respectively, for all smokers combined, i.e., independent of the smoking intensity. The risk reduction rates from quitting smoking are remarkable: a man who quits smoking at 45-49 years can reduce the risk of dying of IHD, LC, stroke and COPD in the next 10 years by 43%, 53%, 57% and 55%, respectively; a woman by 49%, 49%, 59% and 57%, respectively. CONCLUSIONS: Estimates of risk reduction by quitting smoking are useful to provide a sounder scientific basis for public health messages and clinical advice.
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