Modeling mortality risk effects of cigarettes and smokeless tobacco: results from the National Health Interview Survey Linked Mortality File Data.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Cigarettes and smokeless tobacco (SLT) products are among a wide range of tobacco products that are addictive and pose a significant health risk. In this study, we estimated smoking- and SLT use-related mortality hazard ratios (HRs) among U.S. adults by sex, age group, and cause of death, for nine mutually exclusive categories of smoking and/or SLT use.

Methods

We used data from the public-use National Health Interview Survey Linked Mortality with mortality follow-up through 2015. We used Cox proportional hazard models to estimate mortality HRs, adjusted by race/ethnicity, education, poverty level, body mass index, and tobacco-use status.

Results

With never users as reference group, HRs for smoking-related diseases for male exclusive current smokers aged 35

SUBMITTER: Salazar E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8482579 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature