The Association between Smoking Abstinence and Mortality in the National Lung Screening Trial.
Nichole T TannerNeeti M KanodraMulugeta GebregziabherElizabeth PayneChanita Hughes HalbertGraham W WarrenLeonard E EgedeGerard A SilvestriPublished in: American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine (2016)
Seven years of smoking abstinence reduced lung cancer-specific mortality at a magnitude comparable with LDCT screening. This reduction was greater when abstinence was combined with screening, highlighting the importance of smoking cessation efforts in screening programs.