Association of active and passive smoking with risk of breast cancer among postmenopausal women: a prospective cohort study. | ViTAL: The Vanderbilt Center for Tobacco, Addiction and Lifestyle

Luo J, Margolis KL, Wactawski-Wende J, Horn K, Messina C, Stefanick ML, Tindle HA, Tong E, Rohan TE. Association of active and passive smoking with risk of breast cancer among postmenopausal women: a prospective cohort study. BMJ (Clinical research ed.). 342(342). d1016. Association of active and passive smoking with risk of breast cancer among postmenopausal women: a prospective cohort study. PMID: 21363864 [PubMed] PMCID: PMC3047002

Abstract

To examine the association between smoking and risk of invasive breast cancer using quantitative measures of lifetime passive and active smoking exposure among postmenopausal women.