Smoking and the Risk of Upper Aero Digestive Tract Cancers for Men and Women in the Asia-Pacific Region

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Alireza Ansary-Moghaddam¹  Alexandra Martiniuk¹  Tai-Hing Lam¹  Konrad Jamrozik¹  Akiko Tamakoshi¹  Xianghua Fang¹  Il Suh¹  Federica Barzi¹  Rachel Huxley¹ 

[1] id="af1-ijerph-06-01358">The Asia Pacific Cohort Studies Collaboration, Mount Sinai Medical School, Box 1087, One Gustave L. Levy Place, New York, NY 10029, U

关键词: Cancer of the pharynx;    cancer of the larynx;    cancer of the esophagus;    smoking;    alcohol;   

DOI  :  10.3390/ijerph6041358

来源: mdpi

【 摘 要 】

Although smoking is an established causal factor for upper aero digestive tract cancer (UADTC), most of the evidence originates from the West. Thus, we analysed data from 455,409 subjects in the Asia Pacific Cohort Studies Collaboration. Over a median of around six years follow-up, 371 deaths from UADTC were observed. The hazard ratio (95% confidence interval) for current smokers, compared with those who had never smoked, was 2.36 (1.76 – 3.16), adjusted for age and alcohol drinking. Tobacco control policies are urgently required in Asia to prevent millions of deaths from UADTC that smoking will otherwise cause.

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