Quotes by Christopher Haiman

“The factors that explain these differences we dont know about.”

“But when youre talking about smoking, the message doesnt change; it stays the same. Elimination of smoking will reduce lung cancer incidence.”

“We observed quite striking differences. This suggests there are racial and ethnic differences in the smoking-related risk of lung cancer.”

“We dont yet know if genetics plays a factor.”

“Lung cancer incidence was higher among African-Americans and Hawaiians.”

“The differences were more pronounced at lower levels of smoking, but all of these differences were highly statistically significant. At much higher levels of smoking, these racial and ethnic differences were modest, suggesting some type of saturation level of the carcinogenic effect.”

“There may be differences in how they metabolize nicotine, which would influence smoking behaviors such as the depth and frequency of inhalation of tobacco smoke. There could be genetic factors on how they metabolize tobacco smoke.”

“The Multiethnic Cohort offers clues in understanding the racial and ethnic differences in cancer incident rates.”