Smoking and the risk of upper aero digestive tract cancers for men and women in the asia-pacific region

Alireza Ansary-Moghaddam; Alexandra Martiniuk; Tai Hing Lam; Konrad Jamrozik; Akiko Tamakoshi; Xianghua Fang; Il Suh; Federica Barzi; Rachel Huxley; Mark Woodward

doi:10.3390/ijerph6041358

Smoking and the risk of upper aero digestive tract cancers for men and women in the asia-pacific region

Alireza Ansary-Moghaddam, Alexandra Martiniuk, Tai Hing Lam, Konrad Jamrozik, Akiko Tamakoshi, Xianghua Fang, Il Suh, Federica Barzi, Rachel Huxley, Mark Woodward

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Abstract

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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1358-1370
Number of pages	13
Journal	International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Volume	6
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph6041358
Publication status	Published - Apr 2009
Externally published	Yes

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

Pollution
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis

Keywords

Alcohol
Cancer of the esophagus
Cancer of the larynx
Cancer of the pharynx
Smoking

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