Smoking and Risk of Breast Cancer: Evidence from the California Teachers Study

Mar 06, 2008 (Thu) | 4:00 PM -5:00 PM
Hoover Pavilion, 211 Quarry Road / Farquhar Room, 4th floor : Stanford, CA

Although tobacco exposure has not traditionally been thought to be a risk factor for breast cancer, and the epidemiologic evidence on this has been quite mixed, it has been a topic of discussion in the most recent Surgeon General Reports on smoking and health. This talk will summarize recent findings on active and passive smoking from the California Teachers Study, a large prospective study of 133,479 California teachers who have been followed for breast cancer incidence since 1995.

Department:  Stanford Prevention Research Center

Contact: Susan Ayres | 723-6145 | susan.ayres@stanford.edu

Presenter(s):

  • Peggy Reynolds, Ph.D. Senior Research Scientist, Northern California Cancer Center and Consulting Professor, Department of Health Research and Policy, Stanford University School of Medicine