Table 2 of the article "Chronic Disease Reports: Deaths from Lung
Cancer--United States, 1986," calculated population-attributable
risks
and attributable deaths separately for current and former smokers.
Results indicated the proportions and numbers of deaths caused by
current smoking (assuming the absence of former smoking) and of
former
smoking (assuming the absence of current smoking). Methods are
available (1) to calculate the attributable risks for current and
former smoking separately and combined. Overall, 86.7% of lung
cancer
deaths are attributable to cigarette smoking, 64.4% in current
smokers,
22.3% in former smokers.
Reference
Morgenstern H, Bursic ES. A method for using epidemiologic data
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