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American Journal of Epidemiology Vol. 100, No. 3: 168-177
Copyright © 1974 by The Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health

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CURRENT SMOKING HABITS BY SELECTED BACKGROUND VARIABLES: THEIR EFFECT ON FUTURE DISEASE TRENDS

ERNST L. WYNDER, LIRIO S. COVEY and KIYOHIKO MABUCHI

Division of Epidemiology, Naylor Dana Institute for Disease Prevention, American Health Foundation 1370 Avenue of the Americas, New York, N.Y. 10019

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Wyndor, E. L. (Division of Epidemiology, Naylor Dana Institute for Disease Prevention, American Health Foundation, 1370 Avenue of the Americas, New York, N. Y. 10019), L. S. Covey and K. Mabuchi. Current smoking habits by selected background variables: their effect on future disease trends.Am J Epidemiol 100:168–177, 1974.—During a retrospective study on the relationship between tobacco usage and various tobacco-related diseases, several cigarette smoke exposure levels were examined in control subjects by background variables. The large sex differences that existed for many smoking intensity factors at older ages were diminished at younger ages. Filter cigarette usage was markedly more common among younger than older individuals for both sexes and more common in females than in males for all ages. Decreased smoke exposure levels as measured by such parameters as nonsmoking, ex-smoking, and filter/low-tar cigarette smoking were found to be associated with high educational achievement and being Jewish. The differences in filter/low-tar cigarette smoking by education and religion were more pronounced in males than in females. We predict the following future trends of tobacco-related diseases: increases in females that are less marked than previously observed in males; further decreases in high socio-economic individuals, particularly in males; continuously low rates among Jewish males; and eventual decreases in males.

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