Association of childhood smoking and adult mortality: prospective study of 120 000 Cuban adults

• Main Authors: Blake Thomson, DPhil (Author), Nurys Armas Rojas, MD (Author), Ben Lacey, DPhil (Author), Julie Ann Burrett, PhD (Author), Patricia Varona-Pérez, MD (Author), Marcy Calderón Martínez, MD (Author), Elba Lorenzo-Vázquez, MD (Author), Sonia Bess Constantén, MD (Author), José Manuel Morales Rigau, MSc (Author), Osvaldo Jesús Hernández López, MSc (Author), Miguel Ángel Martínez Morales, MD (Author), Ismell Alonso Alomá, MD (Author), Fernando Achiong Estupiñan, MD (Author), Mayda Díaz González, MD (Author), Noel Rosquete Muñoz, MD (Author), Marelis Cendra Asencio, MD (Author), Jonathan Emberson, ProfPhD (Author), Richard Peto, ProfFRS (Author), Sarah Lewington, ProfDPhil (Author), Alfredo Dueñas Herrera, ProfMD (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2020-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Summary: Background: The average age at which people start smoking has been decreasing in many countries, but insufficient evidence exists on the adult hazards of having started smoking in childhood and, especially, in early childhood. We aimed to investigate the association between smoking habits (...