Select Committee on Health Minutes of Evidence


Appendix 1

Table 3

USE OF TOBACCO BY DISEASE CATEGORY: 86 MEN WITH AND 86 MEN WITHOUT LUNG CANCER (after Müller, 1939)


Type of smoker
No. of men
with lung cancer
healthy controls

1  Extreme smoker
25
4
2  Very heavy smoker
18
5
3  Heavy smoker
13
22
4  Moderate smoker
27
41
  Non-smoker
3
14


  1  10-15 cigars, >35 cigarettes, or >50g pipe tobacco/day
  2  7-9 cigars, >26-35 cigarettes, or >36-50g pipe tobacco/day
  3  4-6 cigars, >16-25 cigarettes, or >21-35g pipe tobacco/day
  4  1-3 cigars, >1-15 cigarettes, or >1-20g pipe tobacco/day


 
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