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Lung Cancer and Tobacco: Historical Issues, Epidemiology, and Intervention

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Malignant Tumors of the Lung

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Tobacco use, mostly from cigarette smoking, accounts for the vast majority of lung cancer in the United States and the developed world, and smoking is fast becoming a leading cause of death worldwide. Half of all longterm smokers who continue smoking through adult life will suffer a tobacco-related death. (Peto et al. 1994) Lung cancer will be a major part of tobacco's global toll, currently estimated to be over 4 million annual deaths worldwide. That enormous number is predicted to grow to around 10 million annual tobacco-related deaths by the 2020–2030s, with the largest increase in morbidity and mortality occurring in the developing nations.

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Houston, T.P. (2004). Lung Cancer and Tobacco: Historical Issues, Epidemiology, and Intervention. In: Sculier, JP., Fry, W.A. (eds) Malignant Tumors of the Lung. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-18698-1_5

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