World Health Organization

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

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

Mortality from Smoking in Developed Countries, 1950-2000 Indirect Estimates from National Vital Statistics