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In this study, we examine the causal effect of opium use on the time to UGI cancer death. Based on the Golestan Cohort Study (GCS) in northeastern of Iran, about 50000 adults were enrolled to the study for four years (2004\u20132008) and followed annually until July 2018. We used \u201cparametric g-formula\u201d to study the causal effect of opium use on the time to death due to UGI. In this study, the information of 49946 individuals due to missingness were analyzed. So the median of follow-up time was 144 months and the prevalence of opium use was 17% (about 8489 persons). During the follow-up period, 593 (1.2%) death from upper gastrointestinal cancer were reported. The study showed that the effect of opium use on the time to UGI death was statistically significant (adjusted risk-ratio based on parametric g-formula = 1.31, 95% CI: [1.04, 1.65]). Additionally, the Population Attributable Fraction (PAF) in UGI cancer deaths of opium use was estimated 5.3% (95% CI: [0.6%, 11.3%]). 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