Enviromental Tobacco Smoke and Lung Cancer Risk in Nonsmoking Women

Heather G. Stockwell*, Allan L. Goldman, Gary H. Lyman, Charles I. Noss, Adam W. Armstrong, Patricia A. Pinkham, Elizabeth C. Candelora, Marcia R. Brusa
Department of Epideminology and Biostatistics, University of South Florida Tampa, FlaDepartment of Internal Medcine, University of South Florida Tampa, FlaDepartment of Environmental and Occupational Health, College of Public Health University of South Florida Tampa, Fla
*Correspondence to: Heather G. Stockwell, Sc.D., Department of Epidemiolgy and Biostatistics, College of Public Health Unversity of south Florida, Tampa, FL 33612–3805.
Background: Exposure to envionmental tobacco smoke (passive smoking )has been suggested to be a cause of lung cancer, although early epidemiologic studies have produced in-consistent result. Purpose: We conducted an epidemilogic case-control study to assess the relation-ship between exposure to envirmental tobacco smoke and lungcancer risk among women who have never smoked (i.e., having smoked for a total of <6 n ="210)" n =" 301)" or =" 2.4;" ci =" 1.1–5.4).">