Systematic review of cigar smoking and all cause and smoking related mortality

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Table 27 Current cigar smoking and other causes of death

Study	Cohort name	Cause of death	Cigar smoker deaths	Effect estimate	95% CI	Measure	Primary/secondary*	Adjustment	ICD codes
*Current Cigar*
Kahn1966	Dorn study	Atherosclerosis	39	0.97	(0.69, 1.33)	SMR		Age	ICD7: 450
Kahn1966	Dorn study	Kidney cancer	6	0.77	(0.28, 1.69)	SMR		Age	ICD7: 180
*Current Cigar and/or Pipe*
Chow1993	Dorn study	Nasopharyngeal carcinoma	2	1	(0.20, 5.20)	IRR	Primary	Age and calendar year	ICD7: 146
Heineman1995	Dorn study	Colon cancer	576	1.3	(1.10, 1.40)	IRR	Primary	Age, calendar time, year of questionnaire response, SES, sedentary job	ICD7: 153.0-153.3
Heineman1995	Dorn study	Rectal cancer	169	1.4	(1.20, 1.80)	IRR	Primary	Age, calendar time, year of questionnaire response, SES, sedentary job	ICD7: 154

*Primary cigar smoking: current, exclusive cigar smoking with no previous history of cigarette or pipe smoking; primary cigar and/or pipe smoking: current, exclusive cigar and/or pipe smoking with no previous history of cigarette smoking; secondary cigar smoking: current, exclusive cigar smoking with previous history of cigarette or pipe smoking; secondary cigar and/or pipe smoking: current, exclusive cigar and/or pipe smoking with previous history of cigarette smoking.

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