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Pack-Years Smoking Calculator calculator

Enter the published formula inputs below to calculate and interpret this score.

Clinical inputs

Allowed range: 0–100

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years

Allowed range: 0–80 years

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Clinical inputs

  • Cigarettes per dayAccepted range: 0 to 100
  • Years smokedAccepted range: 0 to 80

Primary source

Standard tobacco-exposure identity used in lung-cancer screening and COPD epidemiology: pack-years = (cigarettes per day ÷ 20) × years smoked. Widely codified in USPSTF/NLST eligibility thresholds (e.g., ≥20 pack-years). (2011)

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