To address the criticism of previous retrospective studies – and to strengthen the evidence that smoking is a cause of lung cancer – E. Cuyler Hammond, Ph.D., and Daniel Horn, Ph.D., scientists working for the American Cancer Society, published what they called “preliminary” findings. Their conclusion was clear: “It was found that men with a history of regular cigarette smoking have a considerably higher death rate than men who have never smoked or men who have smoked only cigars or pipes,” the researchers wrote. Read more here.
Article mentioned: Brawley OW, et al. The first surgeon general's report on smoking and health: The 50th anniversary. CA Cancer J Clin. 2013 Nov 18. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 24249254
Original article mentioned: Hammond EC, Horn D. The relationship between human smoking habits and death rates: a follow-up study of 187,766 men. J Am Med Assoc. 1954 Aug 7;155(15):1316-28. PMID: 13174399
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