Table 2 Current cigar smoking and all-cause mortality

Best1966

Canadian Study of Smoking and Health

196

1.06

(0.92, 1.22)

SMR

Age

Kahn1966

Dorn study

1532

1.1

(1.05, 1.16)

SMR

Age

Cole1974

33

1.15

(0.70, 1.90)

IRR

Carstensen1987

Swedish Census Cohort

131

1.39

(1.16, 1.65)

SMR

Age, residence

Lange1992

Copenhagen City Heart Study

Men

326

1.6

(1.30, 2.00)

HR

Age

Lange1992

Copenhagen City Heart Study

Women

185

1.8

(1.40, 2.20)

HR

Age

Ben-Shlomo1994

Whitehall study

9

0.48

(0.25, 0.93)

IRR

Primary

Age

Ben-Shlomo1994

Whitehall study

132

1.2

(0.99, 1.46)

IRR

Secondary

Age

Shanks1998

CPS-I

3754

1.08

(1.05, 1.12)

IRR

Primary

Age

Shanks1998

CPS-I

1462

1.12

(1.06, 1.18)

IRR

Secondary

Age

Cole1974

35

1.68

(1.03, 2.75)

IRR

Gordon1974

Framingham

52

0.76

(0.51, 1.12)

IRR

Doll1976

Male British Doctors

388

1.09

(0.98, 1.20)

SMR

Primary

Age

Doll1976

Male British Doctors

595

1.13†

(1.04, 1.22)

SMR

Secondary

Age

Sandler1989

Washington, County, MD

Men

504

1.2

(1.07, 1.35)

IRR

Age, marital status, education, quality of housing

Sandler1989

Washington, County, MD

Women

2

0.7

(0.18, 2.75)

IRR

Age, marital status, education, quality of housing

Wald1997

British United Provident Association

113

1.23

(0.99, 1.75)

HR

Primary

Age

Wald1997

British United Provident Association

69

1.33

(1.03, 1.73)

HR

Secondary

Age

Shaper2003

CPS-II

41

1.37

(0.99, 1.91)

HR

Primary

Age, BMI, blood pressure/hypertension, serum cholesterol

Shaper2003

CPS-II

145

1.46

(1.18, 1.79)

HR

Secondary

Age, BMI, blood pressure/hypertension, serum cholesterol