The hazards of smoking and the benefits of cessation: A critical summation of the epidemiological evidence in high-income countries
In high-income countries, the biggest cause of premature death, defined as death before 70 years, is smoking of manufactured cigarettes. Smoking-related disease was responsible for about 41 million deaths in the United States, United Kingdom and Canada, cumulatively, from 1960 to 2020. Every million...
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eLife Sciences Publications Ltd
2020-03-01
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Online Access: | https://elifesciences.org/articles/49979 |