Quitting Smoking by Age 35 Years—A Goal for Reducing Mortality

Abstract

Thomson et al 1 reported that there were almost 75 000 deaths by the end of 2019 among 551 338 respondents to the US National Health Interview Survey from 1997 to 2018. Their findings showed that cigarette smoking was associated with earlier death overall and increased mortality from cancer, heart disease, and lower respiratory disease. In their study, the excess mortality associated with smoking was higher among women than men. The study, to my knowledge, is the first to estimate risk of mortality associated with smoking among race and ethnicity subgroups of the US population.

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