The Effects of a Smoking Cessation Intervention on 14.5-Year Mortality

  1. Nicholas R. Anthonisen, MD
  1. From University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3A 1R8, Canada.
    1. Figure. Four hundred eighty-five of 3322 (14.6%) patients died in the continuing smoker group versus 168 of 1607 (10.5%) in the intermittent quitter group and 78 of 958 (8.1%) in the sustained quitter group (  < 0.001 [log-rank test]).
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      Figure. Four hundred eighty-five of 3322 (14.6%) patients died in the continuing smoker group versus 168 of 1607 (10.5%) in the intermittent quitter group and 78 of 958 (8.1%) in the sustained quitter group (  < 0.001 [log-rank test]). All-cause 14.5-year survival in the Lung Health Study (LHS).P
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    1. Ann Intern Med October 18, 2005 vol. 143 no. 8 615
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