Richard Peto

D. G. Zaridze

This book thoroughly reviews the health hazards of tobacco. Cancer, cardiovascular disease, and chronic obstructive diseases are discussed; unresolved issues such as harm caused by passive smoking and the effects of different constituents of tobacco smoke on the risk of cancer and other diseases are also covered. Major sections of the book study trends and related health consequences of the use of tobacco worldwide, particularly in China, Japan, the USSR, and developing countries. The book looks at the effect of low-yield cigarettes on the risk of disease and emphasizes the necessity for smoking control as an essential means of disease prevention.

A Major International Health Hazard

Tobacco

Judith Mackay

Rushan Lu

Shiru Niu

This book contains the full proceedings of the Tenth World Conference on Tobacco or Health, held 24-28 August 1997 in Beijing, China, and hosted by the Chinese Association on Smoking and Health and the Chinese Medical Association. Tobacco is now causing a worldwide epidemic of premature death and disability, affecting first men and then women in developed countries, and now increasingly affecting developing countries. The theme "Tobacco: The Growing Epidemic" was chosen to reflect the increasingly global nature of the problem.

Proceedings of the Tenth World Conference on Tobacco or Health, 24–28 August 1997, Beijing, China

Tobacco: The Growing Epidemic

World Health Organization

Professor of Epidemiology Clinical Trial Service Unit and Epidemiological Studies Unit (Ctsu) Richard Peto

Acting Chief of the Prevention Advocacy and Promotion Unit Alan D Lopez

Alan D. Lopez

Imperial Cancer Research Fund (Great Britain)

Jillian Boreham

Vice President Emeritus of Epidemiology and Surveillance Research Michael Thun

Clark Heath

A description of the current level of mortality in each population is provided as is a description of the trends in smoking-attributed mortality over the past few decades.

Indirect Estimates from National Vital Statistics

Mortality from Smoking in Developed Countries, 1950-2000

Richard Peto

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