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Why the mortality penalty of smoking is rising over time

Figure 1. Trends in the smoking-associated 5-year mortality risk over time. — Figure 1. Trends in the smoking-associated 5-year mortality risk over time.Trends in the smoking-associated 5-year mortality risk over time.Lawton et al.

PNAS Nexus

The paper

Ralph I. Lawton, Jennifer B. Dowd, Jonathan Skinner, Ellen R. Meara

Harvard University · National Bureau of Economic Research

PNAS Nexus · 22 Sep 2026

doi.org/10.1093/pnasnexus/pgag280 PubMed 42775151

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