Quitting smoking early linked with improved survival rates for people diagnosed with lungcancer HarvardChanSPH jamanetworkopen
and never smokers, the majority of the study's participants were former smokers, allowing the researchers to focus on the impacts of smoking cessation.
Participants completed questionnaires about their smoking habits and other health and demographic information at baseline, with the researchers checking in on their survival every 12 to 18 months. During the study period, 3,842 of the participants died: 79.3% of the current smokers, 66.8% of the former smokers, and 59.6% of the never smokers.
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