Relation of breast cancer with passive and active exposure to tobacco smoke

American Journal of Epidemiology
A MorabiaN Khatchatrian

Abstract

Studies on passive smoking have consistently shown a tendency toward an increased risk of breast cancer, while studies an active smoking have failed to demonstrate an association. This apparent contradiction may stem from not separating passive smokers from the unexposed when assessing the effect of active smoking. a population based case-control study was conducted in Geneva, Switzerland, between January 1992 and October 1993 to determine the relation of passive and active smoking to breast cancer when the referent unexposed category consisted of women unexposed to active and passive smoke. The 244 patients with breast cancer (cases) were compared with 1.032 women free of breast cancer (controls). The lifetime history of active and passive smoking was recorded year by year, between the age of 10 and the date of the interview. The adjusted odds of breast cancer for ever active smokers, compared with women unexposed to either passive or active smoke, were 2.2 (95% confidence interval (CI) 1.0-4.4) for an average lifetime consumption of 1-9 cigarettes per day, 2.7% (95% CI 1.4-5.4) for 10-19 cigarettes per day, and 4.6 (95% CI 2.2-9.7) for 30 or more cigarettes per day. Among passive smokers, the adjusted odds ratio was 3.2 (95% ...Continue Reading

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