Abstract

This research investigates the influence of tobacco use and air pollution on the mortality rates associated with lung cancer, ischemic heart disease, stroke, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in OECD member states. Employing a retrospective design, the study explores correlations and regression outcomes to assess the association between smoking, environmental pollution, and cause-specific mortality. The analysis incorporates air pollution metrics and smoking prevalence from 2019 OECD data, alongside mortality statistics obtained from the World Health Organization for the same year. Statistical evaluations were carried out using SPSS v25.0 and Microsoft Excel, with significance set at p

Key words: Smoking, Air pollution, Lung cancer, Stroke, COPD, Ischemic heart disease