Peer Reviewed: Cigarette Smoking and Prostate Cancer Mortality in Four US States 1999–2010

摘要

IntroductionIn the United States, prostate cancer mortality rates have declined in recent decades. Cigarette smoking, a risk factor for prostate cancer death, has also declined. It is unknown whether declines in smoking prevalence produced detectable declines in prostate cancer mortality. We examined state prostate cancer mortality rates in relation to changes in cigarette smoking.