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. 2017 Sep;15(5):443–450. doi: 10.1370/afm.2100

Table 2.

Patients With Cancer and CHD Diagnosed Between 1999 and 2013 With Updated Smoking Status Who Were Advised to Quit and Prescribed Smoking Cessation Medication Within the First Year After Diagnosis

Smokers and <3-y Ex-Smokers (All Cancer, n=12,393; CHD, n=12,393)a Current Smokers Only (All Cancer, n=10,794; CHD, n=10,794)b ≥1-y Survivors Only (All Cancer, n=4,228; CHD, n=4,228)c

Outcome Cancer No. (%) CHD Control No. (%) OR (95% CI) Cancer No. (%) CHD Control No. (%) OR (95% CI) Cancer No. (%) CHD Control No. (%) OR (95% CI)
Updated smoking status
 All cancers 4,541 (37) 9,627 (78) 0.18 (0.17–0.19) 3,962 (37) 8,437 (78) 0.18 (0.17–0.19) 2,605 (62) 3,611 (86) 0.26 (0.23–0.29)
 Lung cancer 2,873 (31) 7,224 (77) 0.14 (0.13–0.15) 2,454 (31) 6,253 (78) 0.13 (0.12–0.14) 1,404 (60) 1,982 (84) 0.25 (0.22–0.29)
 Bladder cancer 1,172 (57) 1,620 (79) 0.38 (0.33–0.44) 1,055 (57) 1,466 (79) 0.38 (0.33–0.44) 851 (65) 1,138 (87) 0.28 (0.22–0.34)
 Upper aerodigestive tract cancer 496 (50) 783 (79) 0.27 (0.22–0.33) 453 (50) 718 (79) 0.27 (0.22–0.33) 350 (61) 502 (87) 0.23 (0.17–0.30)
Advice to quit
 All cancers 2,794 (23) 5,601 (45) 0.38 (0.36–0.40) 2,636 (24) 5,245 (48) 0.36 (0.34–0.38) 1,630 (39) 2,156 (51) 0.60 (0.55–0.66)
 Lung cancer 1,672 (18) 4,196 (45) 0.28 (0.26–0.30) 1,564 (19) 3,907 (49) 0.26 (0.24–0.28) 810 (34) 1,182 (50) 0.49 (0.43–0.56)
 Bladder cancer 809 (39) 925 (45) 0.87 (0.76–0.99) 774 (42) 880 (48) 0.86 (0.75–0.98) 594 (46) 669 (51) 0.84 (0.70–0.99)
 Upper aerodigestive tract cancer 313 (31) 480 (48) 0.50 (0.41–0.60) 298 (33) 458 (50) 0.50 (0.41–0.60) 226 (39) 305 (53) 0.58 (0.46–0.74)
Prescriptions
 All cancers 1,504 (12) 2,560 (21) 0.67 (0.63–0.73) 1,439 (13) 2,426 (22) 0.67 (0.62–0.72) 882 (21) 967 (23) 1.05 (0.94–1.17)
 Lung cancer 989 (11) 1,950 (21) 0.58 (0.53–0.63) 940 (12) 1,835 (23) 0.57 (0.52–0.63) 498 (21) 547 (23) 1.06 (0.91–1.23)
 Bladder cancer 291 (14) 386 (19) 0.96 (0.81–1.16) 279 (15) 373 (20) 0.97 (0.81–1.16) 226 (17) 280 (22) 1.02 (0.83–1.25)
 Upper aerodigestive tract cancer 224 (22) 224 (22) 1.00 (0.80–1.24) 220 (24) 218 (24) 1.03 (0.83–1.29) 158 (27) 140 (24) 1.18 (0.89–1.55)

CHD = coronary heart disease; UAT = upper aeordigestive tract.

a

Cancer subgroup patients and 1-to-1 matched CHD control patients: lung, n = 9,347; bladder, n = 2,050; UAT, n = 996.

b

Cancer subgroup patients and 1-to-1 matched CHD control patients: lung, n = 8,037; bladder, n = 1,848; UAT, n = 909.

c

Cancer subgroup patients and 1-to-1 matched CHD control patients: lung, n = 2,350; bladder, n =1,302; UAT, n = 576.