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Therefore, investigating the association of smoking cessation with cancer is essential.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Objective<\/jats:title>\n To investigate the time course of cancer risk according to the time elapsed since smoking cessation and the benefits of smoking cessation according to the age at quitting.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Design, Setting, and Participants<\/jats:title>\n This population-based, retrospective cohort study included Korean participants aged 30 years and older who underwent 2 or more consecutive health examinations under the National Health Insurance Service since 2002 and were followed-up until 2019. Data analysis was performed from April to September 2023.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Exposures<\/jats:title>\n Exposures included (1) time-updated smoking status based on biennial changes in smoking status, defined as complete quitters, transient quitters, relapsed quitters, continuous smokers, and never smokers; (2) duration of smoking cessation, defined as years since quitting; and (3) categorical variable for age at quitting.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Main Outcomes and Measures<\/jats:title>\n \n The primary cancer was ascertained using the cancer registry data: all-site cancer (\n International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, Tenth Revision [ICD-10]<\/jats:italic>\n codes C00-43, C45-96, or D45-D47), lung cancer (\n ICD-10<\/jats:italic>\n code C34), liver cancer (\n ICD-10<\/jats:italic>\n code C22), stomach cancer (\n ICD-10<\/jats:italic>\n code C16), and colorectal cancer (\n ICD-10<\/jats:italic>\n codes C18-20). Hazard ratios (HRs) and 95% CIs were estimated using a Cox proportional hazards regression model with follow-up years as the timescale.\n <\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Results<\/jats:title>\n Of the 2\u202f974\u202f820 participants, 1\u202f727\u202f340 (58.1%) were men (mean [SD] age, 43.1 [10.0] years), and 1\u202f247\u202f480 (41.9%) were women (mean [SD] age, 48.5 [9.9] years). Over a mean (SD) follow-up of 13.4 (0.1) years, 196\u202f829 cancer cases were confirmed. Compared with continuous smokers, complete quitters had a lower risk of cancer, with HRs of 0.83 (95% CI, 0.80-0.86) for all cancer sites, 0.58 (95% CI, 0.53-0.62) for lung, 0.73 (95% CI, 0.64-0.82) for liver, 0.86 (95% CI, 0.79-0.93) for stomach, and 0.80 (95% CI, 0.72-0.89) for colorectum. The cancer risk exhibited a slightly higher value for 10 years after quitting compared with continued smoking and then it decreased over time, reaching 50% of the risk associated with continued smoking after 15 or more years. Lung cancer risk decreased 3 years earlier than that of other cancer types, with a larger relative reduction. Regardless of quitting age, a significant reduction in the cancer risk was observed. Quitting before the age of 50 years was associated with a greater reduction in lung cancer risk (HR, 0.43; 95% CI, 0.35-0.53) compared with quitting at age 50 years or later (HR, 0.61; 95% CI, 0.56-0.66).<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Conclusions and Relevance<\/jats:title>\n In this population-based retrospective cohort study, sustained smoking cessation was associated with significantly reduced risk of cancer after 10 years since quitting. 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