New Evidence That Cigarette Smoking Remains the Most Important Health Hazard

Schroeder, S.A

New England Journal of Medicine Editorial, 368(4), 389-390.  doi: 10.1056/NEJMe1213751.  

A review of the following two articles:

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Thun, M.J., Carter, B.D., Feskanich, D., Freedman, N.D., Prentice, R., Lopez, A.D., Hartge, P., & Gapstur, S.M. (2013). 50-Year Trends in Smoking-Related Mortality in the United States. New England Journal of Medicine, 362(4), 351-364.  doi: 10.1056/NEJMsa1211127.  Abstract retrieved from http://journals.lww.com/obgynsurvey/Abstract/2013/07000/50_Year_Trends_in_Smoking_Related_Mortality_in_the.11.aspx.