Introduction: Lung cancer survivors are at high risk of developing a second primary lung cancer (SPLC). However, SPLC risk factors have not been established and the impact of tobacco smoking remains controversial. We examined the risk factors for SPLC across multiple epidemiologic cohorts and evaluated the impact of smoking cessation on reducing SPLC risk.Methods: We analyzed data from 7059 participants in the Multiethnic Cohort (MEC) diagnosed with an initial primary lung cancer (IPLC) between 1993 and 2017. Cause-specific proportional hazards models estimated SPLC risk. We conducted validation studies using the Prostate, Lung, *Corresponding author. Disclosure: Dr. Kurian reports receiving research funding to the institution from Myriad Genetics outside of the submitted work. Dr. Wakelee reports receiving personal consulting fees from Janssen, Daiichi Sankyo, Helsinn, Mirati, AstraZeneca, and Blueprint and grants to institution for clinical trial conduct from ACEA Biosciences, Arrys