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Percentage of subjects with less severe (GINA Step I and II; white bars) and more severe (GINA Step III and IV; grey bars) forms of asthma among the non-smokers and those who smoked. Estimation of the amount and duration of smoking exposure was established by calculating pack-years. Smokers were therefore categorized by incremental pack-years.
