Shifted primes without large prime factors

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Department of Mathematics, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah 84602, U.S.A.
School of Mathematics, University of Wales, College of Cardiff, Senghennydd Road, Cardiff CF2 4AG, U.K.

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