Association of childhood smoking and adult mortality: prospective study of 120 000 Cuban adults.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The average age at which people start smoking has been decreasing in many countries, but insufficient evidence exists on the adult hazards of having started smoking in childhood and, especially, in early childhood. We aimed to investigate the association between smoking habits (focusing on the age when smokers started) and cause-specific premature mortality in a cohort of adults in Cuba.

Methods

For this prospective study, adults were recruited from five provinces in Cuba. Participants were interviewed (data collected included socioeconomic status, medical history, alcohol consumption, and smoking habits) and had their height, weight, and blood pressure measured. Participants were followed up until Jan 1, 2017 for cause-specific mortality; a subset was resurveyed

SUBMITTER: Thomson B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7248573 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature