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the Relation of Passive Smoking to Lung Cancer
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- Fontham, E.
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- Stemhagen, A.
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(CA:ICER Rr'SEARCH 46. 4808-t811. September 1986),
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The Relation of Passive Smoking to Lung Cancer'
Nancy A. Dalager,' Linda Williams Pickle, Thomas I Mason, Pelayo Correa, Elizabeth Fontham,
Annette Stemhagen, Patricia A. Buffler, Regina G., Ziegler, and Joseph F. Fraumeni, Jr.
Epidentioloay ond Biouarinia Pro~ntw, Kotioad Cancer lnttitws, &rMtsdo, Muryland 20891 fN. A: D., L.
W P., T. l: M., R. G. T., l. F. F. f,' Department ojpotha%,,
Louifiono Siate Utti.ersiry Medical Center, New Orfeaet, Loririana 70111(P. C. E. F.%,Diriaion of
£pidnnio/u8Y and Disrnu Control, New lersry Stote Dtpa twkw
ojHeoltA, Tnnton. NlwJaxy 0d690/.1. S.J, and E'oidenfoleVResrw[A Unit, University of Texas ScAool
of PrD/ie HraltA, Hototon, Tesat 770Y3 (P. A. 8.J-
ABSTRACT
To evaluate the role of passive smoking la the development of I."
cancer among .oesmoksrs, data were pooled trom tAree large hscident
case-control fnter.iew studies. Nieety-nine l.et; cancer cnses and 736
eoatrols never a.ed any torm of tobacco. O.erall the adjusted odds r.tkr
for lung cancer among noosmoka» ever living wfri a sawker was 0.8
(95% confidence leter.ak 0.5-13) risisa to 1.2 among tbo.e exposed for
40 or toon years. Persons living with a spow who smoked eiptrsttes
were at increased risk (adjusted odds rado,l3: 959i confidence ister.aa,
0.8-2.$): When adjusted for age and 6ender, tBere was a siptifloeCtreed
is risk with incressitta amomts smoked per week by the spouse (P :
0.05) and with comulative pack-yean of exposare (P = 0.03). This effect
was limited to fetnaks, espedally older women waose huskaeds were
heary smokers. The elevated risk associated with spoase smoking was
restricted to squamous and small celt carcinomas (odds ntio, 2.9; 959e
confidence interval, 0,9-93), which provides additlomJ eridettce linkint
passive smoking to lung cancer.
1NTRODUCTION.
The respiratory effects of passive smoking among nonsmok-
ers are of increasing concern; evidence suggests that such ex-
posure may increase the incidence of bronchitis and pneumonia
in early life (l) and decrease lung function among nonsmoking
adults (2). Recent attention has centered on the possible risk of
lung cancer among nonsmokers exposed' to environmental' to-
bacco smoke (3-6), although epidemiological studies have been
limited by the small number of cases available for analysis. The
National Cancer Institute has recently collaborated on three
large case-control interview studies of lung cancer which in-
cluded questions about passive smoking. One of'these studies,
conducted in Louisiana, showed an increased risk of lung cancer
among ever-married nonsmokers who had a spouse that smoked
(6). To increase our sample size for study, data on nonsmokers
from all three case-control studies were pooled and analyzed.
MATERIALS AND MTTHODS
Persons reporting that they had ttever used any tob.cs+o products
(cigarettes, pipe, dkars, souQ or chewing tobaoco) were selected' from
three casaconttol interrisw studies of lung caocer conducted in Loui-
siaoa, Texas, and New Jersey. The methods used in each of these
studies have been reported pnevioasly (6-9). Hecause all three studies
were designed in collaboratioa with the National Caooer tnsdtute, they
were similar in many respects, as shown in Table i. Medical and
pathology ret:ords were abstracted to determine the final diagnosis of
each case. All were incident primary lung cancer ases disinosed
between 1976 and' 1932. with nearly 100% histologically confu'med.
Personal intetviews were oonducted with the taudy subject or, if the
Reah.d 4I23/!6c araepwd S/x7ll&
The oow of publintiom or tki4 artide weee dekayed im pert by the ptymea
of pqs e6aresa This aroek mmt thaefon be hetsblr mrrked ad.erelsnasae ia
accordance witit tt U.S.C. Ssetbs 1734 soldy to kWinta thit ttut
t Support.d by the Natioaai' Cancer lmtimt.. USPHS Coetrset N CM1023-
00 (Texar). N-(.'P9L103100 (New Jersey). and N{Ff-1023-00 (Soat! l.owis4
aoa), Work i. North touietrea w.s supported by a{etit horl the laolaa.r
Divisfon ort6e Ametina Caacer Society to Dr. Pelsyo Corn..
Cattat
' To wbos requests for reprints should be addras.ed, ae National
lmtilQp, Laadow 6nildisg, Boaa. 3A06, Detlwsd.. MD 2W2
subject was deceased or too ill'to respond, with a sutrogstc respondent
Except where noted, the questions asked in each of the study areu vr.
very similar.
Details regarding the source and level of passive smoking exposures
varied according to study area (Table 1). Texas provided the kast
specifirdata by ascertaining only if any member of the subject i house,
hold smoked while the subject was either a child or an adult and the
total number of years of that exposure. New Jersey, on the other hand,
inquired about the smoking habits of each household member dtuinl
the subject's youth and adulthood. Louisiana requested infortnation
regarding the smoking patterns of spouse, mother, and father, but not
other members of the household. An estimate of the potentul underre.
porting of passive smoking exposure in Louisiana is provided by the
New Jersey control' aroup; 6% of the nonsmoking tnales reported
passive smoking originating from household members otlier than
spouse, mother, or father.
The final study population abstaining from tobacco consisted of 99
histologically confirmed lung cancer ases and 736 controls, This
represented 1.2% of all male cases and 9.196 of all female cases in the
original study populations, as compared to 15.0% of the male eoatro4
and 44.9% of the kmak controls. The rmal data rtle included all
variables that could be standardized across the study areas.
Several potential confounders were examined, including aettder, rsoe,
ase, study area, respondent type (subject or next of kin), any sey.
reported chronic lung conditions, employment in suspected high-risk
industries, asbestos exposure, carotene and total vitamin A intake, and
whether parents had smoked. Due to the limitation imposed by sm.U
numbers, age was dichotomized into two age Qroupi (<6J years and
63+ yean). Logistic analyses utilizing three age groups did not sub.
stantially alter the adjusted odds ratios reported here. High-tisk indu..
tries were those identified in a recent review of cast-control studies ot
lung cancer (10) and included fishing, construction, lumber maoafaN
turina, chemical and petroleum manufactutinR, primary metal mana-
facturina, and shipbuildina. Nutrient indices were cakrolated from the
food frequency questions for each study am, using nutrientcoauat ia
a typical portion of each food (11, 12). Low intake was deftned as the
lowest quartile of intake for controls from each area. Becatne of the
comparability problem resulting from the selective exchesion of petsoas
diasnosed with chronic lung conditions in Louisiana, analyses wete
duplicated excluding all persons who reported having a chronic la+q
condition in all three study areas.
Statistical methods included the calculation of crude ORs' for kms
caacer risks associated with passive smoking exposures. Becanse of th
small numbers in tflisanai"ysis, Oits were calculated using a 03 rd
adjustment (13). Dose-response effects were examined using atttatiw
analysis and the Mantel-Haensxel test for trend (14). The lapstic modd
was used to exclude the etrects of potential contound'ers and to obtai
maximum likelihood estimates of the adjusted ORs (15-1n lkcidos
concerning parameter deletions for the model were bned oa tDe t
statistics for significance of the individual parameter estimstezr o6
changes in the value of the log likelihood, and on the soodoestol fx
of the model as measured by the comparison of predicted to obtervel
ORa, both stratified' and crude. Maximum likelihood 95% Cls tor tle
ORs were calculated from the logistic model (1S) or from the attttibl
auslysis ( i E).
RESULTS
The data from all three study areas were merged to ewst0t
the effect of any passive smoking exposure in the bome el'~
s'The abCeeriatior med arc OA, odds nti6t Ql, ooande.ea
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PASSIVE SMOK1NG AND LCNG CANCER
Table I Comparison of the three lung cancrr care-control intrrvirw sradirt front whfch the nonustrs
of roDacco were selected
Study
Louisiana Texu Wew Jersey
Geographic arc. 29 Louisiana parishcs Gulf Coast of Texaa 6highrisk areas of New Jersey
Casc diagnosis period 1979-1982 1976-1980 1980-19g1
Study design Hospitat based Population bued Population based
Raciat groups included Whites/bfacks Wh'ites W hites/blacks
Gender groups included Maks/femalb Makes/females Males
Coopention rate
Cases 91:! 91.5 87.7
Controls 93.5 87:9 73.4
No. of cases 1057 (M) 31S (F) 462(M) 454(F) 896 (M)
No. of contro(s 1073 (M) 320 (17 451 (M) 464'(fl 1043 (M)
% histologica(!y confirmed 97.8 100 100
passive smoking dau Mother, father, spouse Ever any household member Specific household member
Nonuess of toh.oou
Na of cases 8(M) 28 (A) ! (M) 42(F) tb (M),
No. ofcontnob t77 (M) 1S6 (F7 4d(M) 1%(F) 159 (M)
, No. of compkted (nterviews x 100
No. of svbjects contacted for interyiew
ronment. There were slight variations in the passive smoking Tab(e2
odds.otwrfortwtscancerauociaredwiaa,poitar smW*S e=pow,r
questions among the three study areas. However, since expo- anans e.e.-'"m^ed nonrten of toea«o ia
tott;:tam a,td New Irnry
Total
d the bulk of
assiv
from
p
arent
and
rc
p
res
t
p
ouse
en
e
p
res
s
s
e
su
smoking experienced by nonsmokers in the home, the decisionn
to pool data on whether subjects had ever been exposed in the
Cases
Controls
Crnde OR
Adjusted OR'
home environment appeared reasonable. There was no apparent
increase in the riskk of lung cancer among those who reported
ever living with a household member who smoked (crude OR,
1.00; 95% CI, 0.64-1.56): Controlling for the strongest con-
founders (gender, age, and study area) reduced the OR to 0.84
(95% Cl, 0,32-1.34). No significant differences were seen in
the risks across sex and age strata or according to cell type of
lung cancer.
A crude summary estimate of the duration of passive smoking
exposure per individual was calculated' for the Louisiana and'
New Jersey data by taking the maximum number of years that
smoking was reported for mother or father and adding the years
reported for spouse. In Texas, the reported value for years lived
with any household member who smoked was used.ln a strat-
ified analysis, adjusted for age and gender, there was a slightly
elevated OR of 1.24 (95% CI, 0:62-2.31) for those reporting
40 or more years of living with a smoker compared to 0.86 for
<20 years and 0.82 for 20-39 years. These ORs were not
significantly different from unity and showed' no significant
trend.
Since combining all known sources of passive smoking ex-
posure might mask the effects of time period and intensity of
exposure, the data wero further analyzed with ttigard- to specific
sources of exposures. Because the Texas study lacked detailed
data on the source and intensity of the passive smoking expo-
sntes, the remainder of the andysis was restricted to data on
aonusers of tobacco from the Louisiana and New Jersey studies.
The most complete information available for this combined
population concerned the smoking patterns of the spouse. A
total of 48 casts (22 males and 26 females) and 466 controls
(318 malmand 148 females) were ever-married nonusers of
48 466 1.97 (1.03-3.42) t.47 (0.76-2.83)
Amount spouse smoked/.vk
<140 ciyuettes
t:36 (0.41-4.2t)
140-279 ci`atettes 1.31 (0:48-3.47)
280+ cipmtes 2:7t (0.Y4-E_s2)
Significans treed (P - 0.05) for amount smoked
Duration of spoux smoktng acposura
1 20 yr 1.73 (0.s2-5.42)
21-3o yr 1.78 (o.60-s.)o)
>30 yr 1.24 (0.42-3.53)
Pack-n of eYposurc
<20 pack-yr
0.7! (0.17-3.03)
20-35 pack-yr 1'.90 (0.Sb-6.07)
>35 pack-yr 2:1'S (0.84-5.40)
Signifiaat trend (P w 0.03) for pack-yr of expowre
Overall OR (1.47) adjusted for sender, ase, and study area in the logistic
model (1S-17); a!l otber ORa adjusted for aeodee and age (9a).
Cl, 030-2.90) ~3g`hilf appears: to reflect the greater frequency ~
~d amo»at at[~~~flttsbaadt of'nonsmoking wometl
1contpared" t(i'the wives` of noasiaokitig men. In the control
series, women were much more likely than men to have a
spouse who smoked' (48.0% compared to 18.2%), and the
average exposure originating from the smoking spouse was
greater for women than for men (mean pack-years, 40.6 for
women and 27.1 for men). The'Qreatese,qlsk was seen amo
.
oldeuwomen(63+years)wh iRtMfhfl
'
, .~: , ...
~
yrAtcdosel~espcn~i;elssitsashipe(l~3~ta~
c;years°of ez
A'd?u°w'stmQ for coafoundina by sender,: age, ana snudy area n-
dnoed the odds ratio to 1.47. When controlling for age and
teadcr, a significant upward trend was seen for increasing
4mount smoked per week by the spouse (P - 0.05) and cumu-
htive pack-years of exposure (P - 0.03). Duration of spouse
smoking, independent of amount, showed no consistent pattern.
Sex differences in ristc were observed, with aQustsd ORs of
1.96 for fetnaks (9i% (3, 0.82-4.70) and 0.93 for males (95%
ffxposctre. Despite a suggestion of increased risk for
men in this category (OR, 2.48; 95% Cl, 0.52-10.23), the
numbers were small, and no dose response was detected.
The ORs for lung cancer among nonsmokers were examined
for the following histological types: adenotxrcinoma; squamous
and small cell txrcinomas; and other cell types which included
bronchioalveolar, undilPerentiated, mixed, and not otherwise
specified carcinomas, as well as carcinoids. As shown in Table
3, adenocarcinoma accounted for approximately one-third of
the lung cancers in both sexes combined. A larger proportion
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PASSIVE SMOKING AND LUNG CAtvCEA
,
J
Tabk 3 CdJ rype diartlbution of Jvn; rwcd onwnr e'ef'n+°med dOnuttnt Of
fobOC[o b)'SGx
Msk Femilt
Cell type wo, % No. x
Kdencarcieom. 7 31.8 9 34.6
Squamoua uW .enaU au arcinoma 9 40.9 5 19.2
Ochs' 6 273 °2 °6.2
BioecNio.tveotrcarcinoma 2 9.1 3 11.5"
unaitr«euriatee 2 9.1 3 t s.s
stiaed 0 0 1 3.e
tvaotba.lae>p.cineaea1e;: 2 9.1 3 11's
Crcu osd 0 0 2 7.7
Tabk 4 CeU 07rgecjRe Ob fa hy aaa..eocf.ee/ wftA JPMar siwokiRj
txpum sawV e.erM.mrie4 so+.ae,eof a"eev in Loririw awf New Jaser
Total
Cell type Cases Conttob fSrude OR Adjusted UR
Adeaoarciamns 16 466 1.25 (0.44-S.S1) 1.02 (0J3-3.16)
SqwmoYS aed sieall
B
i 14 466 2:6 t(0.93-7.32) 2.la (0.91-9.10)
soma
wc
a
Ott>et
tti
466
2a1(0.61-3.33) L31 (O.tO-3.37)
l,opstie modd indYded sender. qe, and uudy am n potentiul oonfounders
(18-17)M
of squamous and small cell carcinomas was seen for men than
for women, while other types of lung cancer were more common
in women than men. The adjusted ORs (Table 4) associated
with exposure to a smoking spouse varied from 1.02 for ade-
noCarciIIoma to 2.88 for squamous and small cell carcinomas.
The elevated risk for the squamous and small cell category
was due mainly to the female cases in Louisiana; all five of the
nonsmoking women with these cell types had spouses who
smoked. The spouses of four of these five women smoked at a
level greater than 25 pack-years. The men whose wives smoked
showed a moderate increase in risk for squamous and small cell
carcinomas (crude OR,1.48; 95% Cl, 0.34-6.39). Exclusion of
all subjects who reported having a chronic lung condition did
not alter the risk patterns.
Except for gender, age, and study area, no confounding was
detected. The increased risks for lung cancer associated with
passive smoking were not aooounted for by race, respondent
type, any self-reported chronic lung condition, employment in
a high-risk iatdustty, asbestos exposure, total vitamin A or
carotene intake, or smoking by the parents. When the referent
group was restricted to those persons reporting no psssive
smoking exposure from either a spouse or parent, the patterns
of risk remained consistent with those we have presented.
DISCUSSION
i i '- i: . 0 . ~ F..1 ~:
ra
`
women although the excess was nonsignificant and lacked a
dose-response relationship. In our study the risk of lung cancer
was not increased when passive smoking exposures from child-
hood and adulthood' were examined collectively, emphasizing
the need to obtain source-specific exposure data
When the lung cancers were analyzed" by cell type, the in-
creased risk associated with passive smoking appeared rtti
stricted' to squamous and small cell carcinomas, the types most
closely linked to active smoking (19). This pattern suggests that
passive smoking may contribute to the risk of lung cancer
through mechanisms siitWar to those of active smoking, al-
though sidestream smoke contains higher concentrations of
certain compounds, such as nitrosamines, compared to main-
stream smoke (20). In a recent case-control study by Garfinlid
et el. (2t)6 significant risks for both squamous cell carcinoma
and adenocarcinoma were observed among nonsmoking women
exposed' to a spouse smoking . at home, with the risks for
squamous cell cancer being 3 times greater than for adenopr-
cinoma. Among nonsmoking Chinese women in Hong Kong,
Koo et al. (22) found that the risk of passive smoking way
greater for squamous and small cell caneers than for adtnosar.
cinomas.
Although our analyses included nonsmokers from three luge
series of lung cancer, the small number of cases still pnxluded
any definitive answers on the carcinogenic effects of passive
smoking. Other limitations concern the difficulty in quantifying
exposures from passive smoking derived from interview data
and in detecting relatively iow-kvel effects. Since our study na
based on questionnaires, it was not possible to evaluate certaia
other exposures (e.g., indoor radon daughter products) thatmzy
affect the risk of lung cancer among nonsmokers.
Our study was also limited by the assessment of pauive
smoking exposures experienced only in the home environment
and by the use of a relatively crude measure of exposure. We
assumed for this analysis that the amount and duration of a
spouse's smoking habit approximated the passive smoking ex-
posure realized by an individual at home. Fuller chuacteriz..
tion of passive smoking should address the intensity of expo.
sure, a function of the amount of time spent in close proximity
to a smoker as well as the amount that individual smokes in
our study, the sex differences observed' in exposure and risk
suggest the desirability of continuing to focus attention on the
nonsmoking wives oJ'smokers, while encouraging the collectios
of data on workplace and other nonhousehold exposures to
ambient tobaooo smoke.
Whenever possible, future epidemiological studies should
incorporate laboratory measurements of tobacco smoke cooa
stituents and by-products such as cotinine, the tnaior metabotite
of nicotine detected in body fluids. Among nonsmokers, a dow
.
le Of un~Mncer response relationship has been observed between the kvds of
°
1, =" uriaary cotiniae and self-reported exposure to passive smoking
1r
.
iaatal by tbe ataoaut ~icTea ,,p~t~eitl~Small numben lung canaer, mainly of the squamous and small
cell typea,
and relatively low exposures msde tt diffictitt to asxss the role confirmation will probably require
larger study sizes as well a
of passive smoking anwng tobacco-abstaining men whose wivea more extensive and innovative assessment
of exposure to aavi-
smoked. While the overall ORs were not statist3al!!r sigaitkant, ronmental tob.cco smoke.
,
nonsmokers suggest that
ettnioAmen 'iibotc~ai'estl~ Pa:s;ve smoking ittcreasa the risk of
""'° ~b
';"" ~_ _~ ;A ~ (23 24) Thus
while the available epidemiological data a
th~C>ndtoE.^at~a~y "doae~ie,penJes `rtsk~of~;ltt~-aoat~,am~opg
~.>~camt~ia ~ con ~' ~ ` ` ~wr(th ottie' obaeivaijons iiir"te
AC7i1VOWLEDGMENTS
Greece reported a sigtliSant increase in the lung cancer risk of We am bidebted to Dts. Robeet N.
Hoover and Wd6am J. BW d
nonsmoking womea whose spousea smaked Subeeqttently, the tlx Natiooal Canos Latitute and J.net B.
Scboenberg of tlr 1~
prospective survey of the American Cance: SocietY (5) found Jetxr staa Dey.rtmeot of Health for
their ediwri.t revie* ad **
ao elevated tdsk for passive smoking atltong nonsmokiltg ydtior aad to Diaasa Jea.eefor tbe
manmaiptpcep.raom
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