Smoking Cessation and Mortality from Cardiovascular Disease among Japanese Men and Women: The JACC Study
Why the study?
Does smoking cessation reduce mortality from cardiovascular disease in Japanese men and women?
Population
94,683 Japanese adults aged 40-79 years from the Japan Collaborative Cohort Study for Evaluation of Cancer…
Comparison
Smoking cessation vs Current smoking and never smoking
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
10 years
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Implication
May support rapid post-cessation CVD mortality benefits in Japanese adults; extends observational data but leaves causality open for trials.
Structured PICO
Does smoking cessation reduce mortality from cardiovascular disease in Japanese men and women?
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Population
94,683 Japanese adults (41,782 men and 52,901 women) aged 40-79 years from the Japan Collaborative Cohort Study for Evaluation of Cancer Risk (JACC Study)
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Intervention
Smoking cessation
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Comparator
Current smoking and never smoking
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Outcome
Mortality from stroke, coronary heart disease, and total cardiovascular diseasehard clinical
Smoking cessation significantly reduces the risk of cardiovascular mortality in Japanese men and women, with benefits emerging within 2 years.
Cite This Study
Hiroyasu Iso (2005) studied this question.