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Contrasting male and female trends in tobacco-attributed mortality in China: evidence from successive nationwide prospective cohort studies

Saturday, October 10, 2015

Submitted by

Mark Ferguson

Source

Source Name: The Lancet

Source URL: http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736%2815%2900340-2/fu…

Author(s)

Zhengming Chen, Richard Peto, Maigeng Zhou, Andri Iona, Margaret Smith, Ling Yang, Yu Guo, Yiping Chen, Zheng Bian, Garry Lancaster, Paul Sherliker, Shutao Pang, Hao Wang, Hua Su,, Ming Wu, Xianping Wu, Junshi Chen, Rory Collins, Liming Li, for the China Kadoorie Biobank (CKB) collaborative group

Chinese men smoke one-third of the world's cigarettes; two-thirds of adult Chinese men are smokers. In contrast, the percentage of women smokers is low and is decreasing (<3%). It is estimated that by 2030 2 million annual deaths in China will be attributable to smoking.