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To: TigersEye

“I’d like to know “

Stuck in my head from at least 10 years ago, I can try to look up. Note your stat refers to pack a day. The 1 in 6 refers to all smokers, i.e., including those over a pack a day.

Other number that stuck with me it takes 30 “pack years” (1 pack a day for 30 yrs or 2 for 15, etc.) to present irreversable and noticeable pulmonary reduction in later life compared to non smokers, measured in FEV - forced expiratory volume.


20 posted on 09/09/2021 1:23:33 PM PDT by fruser1
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To: fruser1

“pack a day” means that and any amount greater.

In any case I wish you luck finding a number for that now. My stats come from the ‘80s when government agencies just published the data they collected and collated.

About ten years ago I tried to find such a statistic on the internet searching every medical source of data, gov and private, and after a couple of fruitless hours gave up. It was obvious to me then that real figures on lung cancer rates was no longer being published for public consumption.


21 posted on 09/09/2021 1:28:47 PM PDT by TigersEye (Resistance is not futile!)
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