Analysis reveals accelerated biological aging as smoking increases in Chinese older adults, highlighting tobacco control's public health significance.
Different dimensions of smoking show robust and dose-response relationships with composite biomarkers-based BA acceleration. Our findings confirm that there is no safe level of smoking and emphasize the public health significance of achieving small but population-wide shifts in biological age by strengthening tobacco control measures.
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