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. 2015 Apr 24;15:390. doi: 10.1186/s12889-015-1617-5

Table 15.

Current cigar smoking and lung cancer

Study Cohort name Sex Cigar smoker deaths Effect estimate 95% CI Measure Primary/secondary* Adjustment ICD codes
Current Cigar
Kahn1966 Dorn study 25 1.59 (1.03, 2.35) SMR Age ICD 7: 162-163
Carstensen1987 Swedish Census Cohort 11 7.6 (3.77, 13.65) SMR Age, residence ICD 8: 162
Lange1992 Copenhagen City Heart Study Men 47 6 (2.20, 17.00) HR Age ICD 8: 162
Lange1992 Copenhagen City Heart Study Women 14 4.9 (3.00,12.00) HR Age ICD 8: 162
Ben-Shlomo1994 Whitehall study 1 1.8 (0.24, 13.31) IRR Primary Age ICD 8: 162
Ben-Shlomo1994 Whitehall study 20 7.64 (4.22, 13.83) IRR Secondary Age ICD 8: 162
Shanks1998 CPS-I 73 2.1 (1.63, 2.65) IRR Primary Age
Shanks1998 CPS-I 83 6.29 (5.01, 7.79) IRR Secondary Age
Shapiro2000 CPS-II 88 5.1 (4.00, 6.60) HR Primary Age, alcohol, smokeless tobacco ICD 9: 162
Current Cigar and/or Pipe
Chow1992 Dorn study 4 3.5 (1.00, 12.60) HR Age, occupation
Wald1997 British United Provident Association 6 3.19 (1.07, 9.50) HR Primary Age ICD 9: 162
Wald1997 British United Provident Association 9 8.64 (3.19, 23.30) HR Secondary Age ICD 9: 162

*Primary cigar smoking: current, exclusive cigar smoking with no previous history of cigarette or pipe smoking; primary cigar and/or pipe smoking: current, exclusive cigar and/or pipe smoking with no previous history of cigarette smoking; secondary cigar smoking: current, exclusive cigar smoking with previous history of cigarette or pipe smoking; secondary cigar and/or pipe smoking: current, exclusive cigar and/or pipe smoking with previous history of cigarette smoking.