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Thomas L. Petty, MD

JAMA. 1985;254(16):2271-2273.

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It is self-evident that the solution to today's problems in pulmonary medicine must lie in prevention. Thus, it is appropriate to devote this review of progress in pulmonary medicine to new developments aimed at either prevention or early identification and intervention.

The majority of cases of lung cancer, the commonest cancer in both men and women and still the most rapidly increasing malignancy, could be prevented. Since smoking is by far the greatest risk factor, our task is to convince society that smoking, whether actively or passively, is potentially lethal. One would think that this fact alone would suffice to create a major movement away from tobacco smoking. On average, the regular cigarette smoker sacrifices seven years of life for his habit and addiction. This translates into about 5 1/2 minutes of life for each cigarette smoked.¹ Numerous studies have focused on techniques of smoking cessation, all of which . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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