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## Background Tobacco smoke is associated with several diseases, and identified as the second leading risk factor for death from any cause worldwide. The relationship of tobacco smoke to mortality or premature death is not yet available from contemporary cohorts after 2010 in China. This study aimed to investigate the smoking behavior and the relationship of tobacco smoke to mortality and premature death among a nationally representative cohort starting from 2011 in China. ## Methods The nationally representative datasets (China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study, CHARLS, 2011–2012) was employed and linked with follow-up data (2013). CHARLS was an ongoing nationally representative survey, which longitudinally followed up subjects aged over 45 years. Smoking status (non-smoker, ex-smoker, smoker, pack-years of smoking, age at starting and ceasing smoking) was used as independent variable, and all-cause mortality, premature death (defined as mortality before age 72.7 years in men and 76.9 years in women) were used as dependent variables. The Cox’s proportional hazards regression mode was used to estimate the effect of tobacco smoke and pack-years of smoking on all-cause mortali

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Author

Liang Zhang; Yonghong Ma; Ke Men; Chao Li; Zhuo Zhang; Guoshuai Shi

Publisher

Springer Science and Business Media LLC

Published

2023

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)