Table 5.

The main causes of death in 302 decedents.

	All N = 302 n (%)	Smoker N = 197 n (%)	Never-smokers N = 105 n (%)
Respiratory	175 (58)	134 (68)	41 (39)
Respiratory failure	117	92	25
Pneumonia	48	34	14
Pneumothorax	10	8	2
Hepatic	37 (12)	15 (8)	22 (21)
Liver failure	13	7	6
Primary liver carcinoma	18	7	11
Gastrointestinal bleeding	4	-	4
Intra-abdominal infection	2	1	1
Other	90 (30)	48 (24)	42 (40)
Malignancy complication	29	14	15
Cardiovascular accident	23	14	9
Cerebrovascular accident	14	6	8
Intra-abdominal infection*	8	6	2
Gastrointestinal bleeding*	2	1	1
Pulmonary embolism	6	4	2
Suicide/accident	5	3	2
Renal failure	3	-	3

* without known liver disease