About the Authors

Jose M. Martínez-Sánchez

Affiliations Tobacco Control Unit, Institut Català d'Oncologia-ICO, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain, Department of Clinical Sciences, School of Medicine, Campus of Bellvitge, Universitat de Barcelona, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain, Cancer Prevention and Control Group, Institut d'Investigació Biomèdica de Bellvitge-IDIBELL, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain

Esteve Fernández

efernandez@iconcologia.net

Affiliations Tobacco Control Unit, Institut Català d'Oncologia-ICO, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain, Department of Clinical Sciences, School of Medicine, Campus of Bellvitge, Universitat de Barcelona, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain, Cancer Prevention and Control Group, Institut d'Investigació Biomèdica de Bellvitge-IDIBELL, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain

Marcela Fu

Affiliations Tobacco Control Unit, Institut Català d'Oncologia-ICO, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain, Department of Clinical Sciences, School of Medicine, Campus of Bellvitge, Universitat de Barcelona, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain, Cancer Prevention and Control Group, Institut d'Investigació Biomèdica de Bellvitge-IDIBELL, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain

Silvano Gallus

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche “Mario Negri”, Milan, Italy

Cristina Martínez

Affiliations Tobacco Control Unit, Institut Català d'Oncologia-ICO, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain, Department of Clinical Sciences, School of Medicine, Campus of Bellvitge, Universitat de Barcelona, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain, Cancer Prevention and Control Group, Institut d'Investigació Biomèdica de Bellvitge-IDIBELL, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain

Xisca Sureda

Affiliations Tobacco Control Unit, Institut Català d'Oncologia-ICO, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain, Department of Clinical Sciences, School of Medicine, Campus of Bellvitge, Universitat de Barcelona, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain, Cancer Prevention and Control Group, Institut d'Investigació Biomèdica de Bellvitge-IDIBELL, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain

Carlo La Vecchia

Affiliations Department of Epidemiology, Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche “Mario Negri”, Milan, Italy, Department of Occupational Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Milan, Milan, Italy

Luke Clancy

Affiliation Tobacco Free Research Institute, Dublin, Ireland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Study design: JMMS EF MF SG CM XS CLV LC. Collected data and prepared database for analysis: JMMS. Contributed to strategy of analysis: JMMS EF MF SG CM XS CLV LC. Analyzed data: JMMS EF. Interpreted data results: JMMS EF MF SG CM XS CLV LC. Drafted manuscript: JMMS. Critically revised manuscript: JMMS EF MF SG CM XS CLV LC. Approved final manuscript version: JMMS EF MF SG CM XS CLV LC. Guarantor: EF.