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Occup Environ Med 58:523-527 doi:10.1136/oem.58.8.523
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Incidence of cancer among bookbinders, printers, photoengravers, and typesetters

Table 8

Smoking habits of a random sample of Icelandic men (n=1320) and women (n=1390) and of trade union members (men, n=450, and women n=205), age range 15–89 years

Smoking categories Population sample Trade union members
Men n (%) Women n (%) Men n (%) Women n (%)
Never smoked 569  (43.1) 627  (45.1) 180  (40.0) 91  (44.4)
Stopped smoking:
 >1 y ago 301 (22.8) 292 (21.0) 150 (33.3) 61 (29.8)
 <1 y ago 65 (4.9) 52 (3.7) 25 (5.6) 6 (2.9)
Smoker, not daily 62 (4.7) 77 (5.6) 25 (5.6) 9 (4.4)
Smoker, daily 324 (24.5) 341 (24.5) 70 (15.6) 38 (18.5)

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