Background Smoking bans have been implemented in a variety of settings, as well as being
part of policy in many jurisdictions to protect the public and employees from the harmful …

The complexity of tobacco smoke leads to some confusion about the mechanisms by which
it causes lung cancer. Among the multiple components of tobacco smoke, 20 carcinogens …

Despite a gradual decline in smoking rates over time, exposure to secondhand smoke
(SHS) continues to cause harm to nonsmokers, who are disproportionately children and …

Although most lung cancers are a result of smoking, approximately 25% of lung cancer
cases worldwide are not attributable to tobacco use, accounting for over 300,000 deaths …

In the United States, lung cancer remains the leading cause of cancer death in both men
and women even though an extensive list of risk factors has been well-characterized. Far …

Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related death in the United States, with an
average five-year survival rate of 15 percent. Smoking remains the predominant risk factor …

Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related death in the United States. Although
tobacco smoking accounts for the majority of lung cancer, approximately 10% of patients …

During the 1950s, the evidence was clearly sufficient to establish the carcinogenicity of
tobacco smoking (1). By the end of the 1950s, convincing evidence linking smoking with …

Background The objective of this study was to summarize the published literature
concerning the epidemiology of lung cancer. Methods A narrative review of published …

Jeder der epidemiologische Studien plant, organisiert oder auswertet, muss quantitativ-
statistischer Methoden nutzen. Wer solche Untersuchungen aus erster Hand verstehen und …