Packs Per Day

Views Updated: Dec 15, 2025

Key Facts

Abbreviation
PPD
Pronunciation
/pæks pər deɪ/
Category
Medical
Related Field
Physiology

Examples in Context

  1. Those who smoked more than two packs per day in middle age had an elevated risk of dementia overall and also of each subtype, Alzheimer's disease and vascular dementia, compared with non-smokers.
  2. The risk of developing ALS also increased as the number of pack-years smoked ( product of the number of packs per day and the number of years that quantity was smoked ).

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