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Article: Mortality trends for selected smoking-related cancers and breast cancer - United States, 1950-1990.
- Article from:
- MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
- Article date:
- November 12, 1993
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During 1990, nearly 419,000 deaths (approximately 20% of all deaths) in the United States were attributed to smoking, including more than 150,000 deaths from neoplasms[1] Cigarette smoking remains the single most preventable cause of premature death in the United States[2]. Based on current and past smoking patterns, the public health burden of smoking-related cancers is expected to continue during the next several decades. The death rate for smoking-related cancers varies by race; race reflects differing distributions of several risk factors for smoking-related cancers (e.g., high-risk behaviours) and is useful for identifying groups at greatest risk for smoking-related ...