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Relation of Cigarette Smoking to Risk of Death of Asbestos-Associated Disease Among Insulation Workers in the United States.

PB90103433

Publication Date	1972
Personal Author	Hammond, E. C.; Selikoff, I. J.
Page Count	18
Abstract	Clinical studies are reported indicating that cigarette smoking greatly increases the risk of death by lung cancer among asbestos insulation workers. It has not been established that employment in asbestos insulation industries increases the risk of lung cancer among nonsmokers. Cigarette smoking also may increase the risk of death from asbestosis, although to a much lesser extent than from lung cancer. The risk of death among nonsmoking asbestos insulation workers is greater for asbestosis than for lung cancer. This indicates that even if asbestos workers stop cigarette smoking, it will still be necessary to reduce dust exposure levels below those concentrations associated with the occurrence of asbestosis. No definitive conclusions are reached in regard to the incidence of pleural mesothelioma and peritoneal mesothelioma associated with cigarette smoking. Studies do indicate, however, that radiologically evident pulmonary fibrosis is augmented in asbestos workers by cigarette smoking. There seems to be a definite, although limited, association between employment in asbestos insulation work and increased risk of death from cancer of the stomach, colon-rectum, and esophagus.
Keywords	Asbestosis Pulmonary fibrosis Occupational diseases Smoking Risk Insulation Exposure Pleural neoplasms Correlations Tobacco Mortality Tables(Data)
Source Agency	National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
NTIS Subject Category	57E - Clinical Medicine 57U - Public Health & Industrial Medicine 68A - Air Pollution & Control 68G - Environmental Health & Safety
Corporate Authors	Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York.; National Inst. for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, OH.; American Cancer Society, Inc., New York.
Supplemental Notes	Presented at the Meeting of the Working Group to Assess Biological Effects of Asbestos. International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France, October 4, 1972. Prepared in cooperation with American Cancer Society, Inc., New York. Sponsored by National Inst. for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, OH.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	199001

Relation of Cigarette Smoking to Risk of Death of Asbestos-Associated Disease Among Insulation Workers in the United States.

Relation of Cigarette Smoking to Risk of Death of Asbestos-Associated Disease Among Insulation Workers in the United States.
PB90103433

Publication Date	1972
Personal Author	Hammond, E. C.; Selikoff, I. J.
Page Count	18
Abstract	Clinical studies are reported indicating that cigarette smoking greatly increases the risk of death by lung cancer among asbestos insulation workers. It has not been established that employment in asbestos insulation industries increases the risk of lung cancer among nonsmokers. Cigarette smoking also may increase the risk of death from asbestosis, although to a much lesser extent than from lung cancer. The risk of death among nonsmoking asbestos insulation workers is greater for asbestosis than for lung cancer. This indicates that even if asbestos workers stop cigarette smoking, it will still be necessary to reduce dust exposure levels below those concentrations associated with the occurrence of asbestosis. No definitive conclusions are reached in regard to the incidence of pleural mesothelioma and peritoneal mesothelioma associated with cigarette smoking. Studies do indicate, however, that radiologically evident pulmonary fibrosis is augmented in asbestos workers by cigarette smoking. There seems to be a definite, although limited, association between employment in asbestos insulation work and increased risk of death from cancer of the stomach, colon-rectum, and esophagus.
Keywords	Asbestosis Pulmonary fibrosis Occupational diseases Smoking Risk Insulation Exposure Pleural neoplasms Correlations Tobacco Mortality Tables(Data)
Source Agency	National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
NTIS Subject Category	57E - Clinical Medicine 57U - Public Health & Industrial Medicine 68A - Air Pollution & Control 68G - Environmental Health & Safety
Corporate Authors	Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York.; National Inst. for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, OH.; American Cancer Society, Inc., New York.
Supplemental Notes	Presented at the Meeting of the Working Group to Assess Biological Effects of Asbestos. International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France, October 4, 1972. Prepared in cooperation with American Cancer Society, Inc., New York. Sponsored by National Inst. for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, OH.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	199001