Quantifying the association of low-intensity and late initiation of tobacco smoking with total and cause-specific mortality in Asia.
Jae-Jeong YangDanxia YuXiao-Ou ShuNeal D FreedmanWanqing WenShafiur RahmanSarah K AbeEiko SaitoPrakash C GuptaJiang HeShoichiro TsuganeYu-Tang GaoYong-Bing XiangJian-Min YuanYasutake TomataIchiro TsujiYumi SugawaraKeitaro MatsuoYoon-Ok AhnSue K ParkYu ChenWen-Harn PanMangesh PednekarDongfeng GuNorie SawadaHui CaiHong-Lan LiWoon-Puay KohRenwei WangShu ZhangSeiki KanemuraHidemi ItoMyung-Hee ShinPei-Ei WuKeun-Young YooHabibul AhsanKee Seng ChiaPaolo BoffettaManami InoueDaehee KangJohn D PotterQuan LongPublished in: Tobacco control (2020)
Our study showed that smokers who smoked a small number of cigarettes or started smoking later in life also experienced significantly elevated all-cause and major cause-specific mortality but benefited from cessation. There is no safe way to smoke-not smoking is always the best choice.