Association of cigarette type with lung cancer incidence and mortality: secondary analysis of the national lung screening trial
NT Tanner, NA Thomas, R Ward… - JAMA Internal …, 2019 - jamanetwork.com
Methods| This is a secondary data analysis of 14 123 National Lung Screening Trial
participants who completed detailed smoking questionnaires. 3 We examined baseline
cigarette tar level (regular, light, or ultralight), flavor (unflavored or menthol), and filter status
(filtered or unfiltered) and their association with lung cancer diagnosis, mortality, and all-
cause mortality. Cox regression models were used to study the influence of cigarette tar
level, flavor, and filter on clinical outcomes, controlling for sex, age, race, pack years …
participants who completed detailed smoking questionnaires. 3 We examined baseline
cigarette tar level (regular, light, or ultralight), flavor (unflavored or menthol), and filter status
(filtered or unfiltered) and their association with lung cancer diagnosis, mortality, and all-
cause mortality. Cox regression models were used to study the influence of cigarette tar
level, flavor, and filter on clinical outcomes, controlling for sex, age, race, pack years …