Key result
Cigarette smoking is causally linked to lung cancer, with male death rates increasing 20-fold since 1930, while smoking cessation yields coronary heart disease mortality rates below current smokers.
Cigarette smoking is a major determinant of cardiovascular and pulmonary diseases, making smoking cessation a critical public health priority.
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Underscores cessation benefits for CHD risk reduction; leaves open optimal psychological strategies for sustained abstinence.
Benfari et al. (1982) conducted a review in Cigarette smoking. Cigarette smoking is causally linked to lung cancer, with male death rates increasing 20-fold since 1930, while smoking cessation yields coronary heart disease mortality rates below current smokers.
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