Table 2.

Risk of lung cancer death, by baseline smoking status^a

	Never vs ever smokers	Never vs former smokers	Never vs current smokers
	HR (95% CI)	HR (95% CI)	HR (95% CI)
Total	0.14 (0.12 to 0.16)	0.22 (0.19 to 0.26)	0.08 (0.07 to 0.09)
Sex
Men	0.19 (0.15 to 0.23)	0.30 (0.24 to 0.38)	0.10 (0.08 to 0.12)
Women	0.11 (0.09 to 0.13)	0.17 (0.14 to 0.21)	0.07 (0.05 to 0.08)
Race and ethnicity
Black	0.12 (0.09 to 0.17)	0.19 (0.12 to 0.28)	0.09 (0.06 to 0.12)
Hispanic	0.48 (0.30 to 0.75)	0.69 (0.38 to 1.22)	0.30 (0.18 to 0.50)
White	0.11 (0.09 to 0.13)	0.19 (0.16 to 0.23)	0.06 (0.05 to 0.07)
Other racial groupsb	0.46 (0.24 to 0.87)	0.71 (0.34 to 1.49)	0.28 (0.13 to 0.61)
Age, y
30-49	0.31 (0.19 to 0.53)	0.63 (0.35 to 1.16)	0.22 (0.12 to 0.39)
50-69	0.15 (0.12 to 0.18)	0.27 (0.21 to 0.34)	0.08 (0.07 to 0.10)
70-79	0.11 (0.09 to 0.14)	0.16 (0.13 to 0.21)	0.06 (0.05 to 0.07)

^aModel used age as the time scale and adjusted for sex, race and ethnicity, and education level.

^b“Other” include individuals who identify as Asian, Pacific Islander, American Indian, or Alaska Native.