Tobacco - the growing epidemic in China

Article Abstract:

China could be facing an epidemic of deaths from smoking in the next few decades. Three-quarters of all Chinese middle-aged men smoke, but this increase has only happened in recent decades. A recent study from Shanghai found that death rates are 40% higher in smokers, who have higher risks of lung cancer and heart disease. Those who smoke more than 20 cigarettes a day have approximately 10 times the risk of lung cancer compared to non-smokers. Smoking already causes 20% of all deaths in middle-aged Chinese men, compared to one-third of all deaths in the US. However, men in the US have been smoking for a much longer period of time than those in China. By the year 2025, 10 million people worldwide could die from tobacco-related diseases and 70% of these deaths could occur in developing countries. Chinese men could account for many of these deaths, since they smoke 30% of the cigarettes produced worldwide.

Editorial

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Early health effects of the emerging tobacco epidemic in China: a 16-year prospective study

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Cigarette smoking may cause significant death in China, according to a 16-year study of 9,351 factory workers in Shanghai. In a review of 1,088 deaths, the rates of cancer and heart and lung disease were significantly higher in men that smoked. Deaths from lung cancer were almost four times as frequent in the smokers, who made up 61% of the men surveyed. The risk of death was higher for those who began smoking earlier and grew as more cigarettes were smoked. In the 7% of women who used cigarettes, almost twice as many died during the study. Smoking is on the rise in China, particularly among young people, so smoking-related illnesses are expected to increase.

China, Smokers

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A nationally representative case-control study of smoking and death in India

Article Abstract:

A case-control study to assess the hazards of smoking in India nationwide among women and men is presented. Results predict that by 2010, the annual number of deaths from smoking will be in the range of one million in middle age group, and since tuberculosis is common in India, smokers have a particular risk of dying from it.

Forecasts, trends, outlooks, India, Forecasts and trends, Causes of, Risk factors, Market trend/market analysis, Tuberculosis, Case study

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