Emerging tobacco hazards in China: 2. Early mortality results from a prospective study

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Authors

Shuai Niu · Chinese Preventive Medicine Association

G.-H. Yang · Chinese Preventive Medicine Association

Zhimin Chen · University of Oxford

J.-L. Wang · Chinese Preventive Medicine Association

G.-H. Wang · Chinese Preventive Medicine Association

Xuefu He · Chinese Preventive Medicine Association

H. Schoepff

Abstract

This prospective study and the accompanying retrospective study show that by 1990 smoking was already causing about 12% of Chinese male mortality in middle age. This proportion is predicted to rise to about 33% by 2030. Long term continuation of the prospective study (with periodic resurveys) can monitor the evolution of this epidemic.

Topics & Keywords

Smoking Behavior and Cessation Air Quality and Health Impacts Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: BMJ

Volume 317, Issue 7170, pp. 1423-1424

DOI: 10.1136/bmj.317.7170.1423

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