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Table 2 Survival outcomes among cancer patients who initiated or did not initiate smoking cessation within 6 months of cancer diagnosis

From: Smoking cessation and survival among people diagnosed with non-metastatic cancer

 

Estimate

95% CLa

Restricted mean survival time given 3-year follow-up

 Initiated smoking cessation

30 months

26, 33 months

 Did not initiate smoking cessation

28 months

26, 30 months

 Difference in RMSTb between initiators and non-initiators

1.8 months

−1.5, 5.1 months

Mortality risk by the end of 3-year follow-up

 Initiated smoking cessation

0.26

0.097, 0.43

 Did not initiate smoking cessation

0.37

0.25, 0.48

 Mortality risk ratio of quitters vs. non-quitters

0.72

0.37, 1.4

  1. aCompatibility limits
  2. bRestricted mean survival time