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Cigar smoking and cancer. The Journal of the National Cancer Institute (Feb. 16, 2000) pub...

Cigar smoking and cancer. The Journal of the National Cancer Institute (Feb. 16, 2000) published the results of a study that investigated the association between cigar smoking and death from tobacco-related cancers. Data were obtained for a national sample of 137,243 American men. The results are summarized in the table on page 158. Each male in the study was classified according to his cigar-smoking status and whether or not he died from a tobacco-related cancer.

a. Find the probability that a randomly selected man never smoked cigars and died from cancer.



b. Find the probability that a randomly selected man was a former cigar smoker and died from cancer.


c. Find the probability that a randomly selected man was a current cigar smoker and died from cancer.


d. Given that a male was a current cigar smoker, find the probability that he died from cancer.


e. Given that a male never smoked cigars, find the probability that he died from cancer.

Died from Cancer

Cigars

Yes

No

Totals

Never Smoked

782

120,747

121,529

Former Smoker

91

7,757

7,848

Current Smoker

141

7,725

7,866

Totals

1,014

136,229

137,243

Based on Shapiro, J. A., Jacobs, E. J., and Thun, M. J. “Cigar smoking in men and risk of death from tobacco-related cancers.” Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Vol. 92, No. 4, Feb. 16, 2000 (Table).

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