The number of smoking-related deaths continues to increase among men in Asia

In this badysis of data from 20 studies conducted in China, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Taiwan and India with more than one million participants, smoking-related deaths continued to occur. increase in Asian men grouped by years of birth. Of the study participants, there were 144,366 deaths (of which 9,158 were from lung cancer) during an average follow-up of nearly 12 years.

Smoking was badociated with 12.5% ​​of total deaths and 56.6% of lung cancer deaths among men born before 1920, 21.1% of total deaths, and 66.6% of deaths. lung cancer deaths among those born in the 1920s and 29.3% of total deaths percentage of lung cancer deaths among men born in 1930 or later. The results of the study suggest that smoking will remain a major public health problem in Asia.