Why the study?
Does cigarette smoking increase mortality from all causes, cardiovascular causes, and cancer in adults 65 years of age or older?
Does cigarette smoking increase mortality from all causes, cardiovascular causes, and cancer in adults 65 years of age or older?
Cigarette smoking remains a significant risk factor for all-cause, cardiovascular, and cancer mortality in adults aged 65 and older, and smoking cessation mitigates cardiovascular risk.
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Smoking remains linked to higher mortality in adults ≥65; extends prior data to older populations but leaves causal effects of cessation untested.
LaCroix et al. (1991) studied this question.
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