Table 3
Cumulative cardiovascular deaths over 20 years in Japan due to increased quit attempts and nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) use
Quit attempts
NRT use
Status quo
Doubling
To 50%
To 100%
Status quo
–
1500
2400
6300
Doubling
9300
11 500
12 800
18 400
To US levels
56 400
61 800
64 800
78 200
To 100%
135 000
144 800
149 900
173 100