Reduction of Risk of Dying from Tobacco-related Diseases after Quitting Smoking in Italy

The aims of this paper are to compute the risks of dying of ischemic heart disease (IHD), lung cancer (LC), stroke, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) for Italian smokers by gender, age and daily number of cigarettes smoked, and to estimate the benefit of stopping smoking in terms of risk reduction.Life tables by sex and smoking status were computed for each smoking-related disease based on Italian smoking data, and risk charts...