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Pack Years Smoked Calculator

This document provides instructions for calculating pack years of smoking for COPD patients. Pack years are calculated by multiplying the number of packs of cigarettes smoked per day by the number of years smoked. Examples are provided for calculating pack years based on number of cigarettes, pipes, cigars, or roll-ups smoked daily over the course of a year. The key formula shown is number of cigarettes smoked per day multiplied by number of years smoked equals number of pack years.

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Pack Years Smoked Calculator

This document provides instructions for calculating pack years of smoking for COPD patients. Pack years are calculated by multiplying the number of packs of cigarettes smoked per day by the number of years smoked. Examples are provided for calculating pack years based on number of cigarettes, pipes, cigars, or roll-ups smoked daily over the course of a year. The key formula shown is number of cigarettes smoked per day multiplied by number of years smoked equals number of pack years.

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How to calculate “PACK YEARS” for your COPD patients

1) Cigarettes

15 cigarettes a day for 1 year = ¾ pack year


20 cigarettes a day for 1 year = 1 pack year
40 cigarettes a day for 1 year = 2 pack years

2) Pipe Smoker

1 pipe = 2.5 cigarettes

e.g. 2 pipes a day = 5 cigarettes a day. If they smoked this amount for 1 year =
¼ pack year.
4 pipes a day = 10 cigarettes a day. If they smoked this amount for 1 year = ½
pack year.

3) Cigars

1 Café Crème = 1.5 cigarettes a day


1 Hamlet (or similar) = 2.5 cigarettes a day
1 Havana = 4 cigarettes a day

e.g. 4 Hamlet cigars a day = 10 cigarettes a day. If they smoked this amount for
1 year = ½ pack year.

4) Roll Ups

25 grams (1 ounce) = 50 cigarettes

Ask your patient how many ounces per week smoked ?

e.g. 25 grams tobacco (1 oz) per week = 50 cigarettes, divided by 7 days =


approx 7 cigarettes per day
50 grams tobacco (2 oz) per week = 100 cigarettes, divided by 7 days = approx
14 cigarettes per day
75 grams tobacco (3 oz) per week = 150 cigarettes, divided by 7 days = approx
21 cigarettes per day
and so on ……………………..

Formula

No of cigarettes smoked per day x no of years smoked = no of pack


years
20

e.g. smokes 40 cigarettes a day for 30 years

40 x 30 = 60 pack year history


20

Provided as a service to medicine by GlaxoSmithKline

LOM/STA/03/10031/1 LM 27043

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