Re: Info on smoking and lung cancer

[Muckerheide <muckerheide@mediaone.net>]

Hi Bernie,

See http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/sgr-min-pdf/chap3.pdf the Surgeon
General's Report with data thru 1995, put on the site May '98. See first
section, Table 5 p.149 for a discussion of smoking consumption vs lung
cancer. There are refs that may provide more specifics.

Also, http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/sgr-min-pdf/chap2.pdf has consumption
data by group.

Regards, Jim
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>         I am looking for data on:
>         1. The ratio of one pack/day smokers to two pack/day smokers (U.S.
> average for males)
>         2. The ratio of lung cancer risk from smoking two packs/day to
> smoking one pack/day
>         There are data on these in the Surgeon-General's Reports on the
> Health Consequences of Smoking (1982, 1983, 1985) and in the Doll-Peto
> study.
>         Does anyone know of any other info on these items, or where I
> might look for it?
> 
> Bernard L. Cohen
> Physics Dept.
> University of Pittsburgh
> Pittsburgh, PA 15260
> Tel: (412)624-9245
> Fax: (412)624-9163
> e-mail: blc+@pitt.edu
> 
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