Danting Su, Ruying Hu, Le Fang, Jie Zhang, Hao Wang, Qingfang He, Lixin Wang, Ming Zhao, Min Yu
[The association between socioeconomic status and blood pressure control in diagnosed hypertension patients]
Zhonghua yu fang yi xue za zhi [Chinese journal of preventive medicine]
tobacco use constitutes largest preventable cause death disability developed countries rapidly growing health problem developing nations responsible 30 cancer deaths 80 lung cancer deaths associated increased risk least 17 types cancer addition tremendous human toll tobacco taken 20th 21st centuries economic costs tobaccorelated illnesses remain enormous 2000 2004 united states spent approximately 193 billion year tobaccorelated illnesses lost productivity tobaccorelated premature death loss productivity increased health care costs associated secondhand smoke shs reported 2005 cost united states additional 10 billion per year although united states witnessed decline cigarette use use tobacco products rise furthermore rate reduction youth tobacco use longer rapidly decreasing despite intense public education policy efforts reduce youth tobacco use global level epidemic tobaccorelated disease death begun severalyear lag individuals begin using tobacco health suffers tobacco caused 100 million deaths 20th century current trends continue cause 1 billion deaths 21st century unchecked tobaccorelated deaths increase 8 million per year 2030 80 deaths lowand middleincome countries leading professional organization representing physicians involved cancer treatment research american society clinical oncology asco dedicated prevention treatment cancer overarching goal tobacco cessation control efforts asco promote rapid worldwide reduction ultimate elimination tobaccorelated disease discouraging use tobacco products exposure secondhand tobacco smoke tobacco control efforts asco led subcommittee cancer prevention committee primary tobacco control goals asco multifaceted 1 develop oncology workforce effectively integrates tobacco cessation control practices 2 collaborate organizations professional societies promote rapid worldwide reduction tobacco use ultimate elimination tobaccocaused disease including disease resulting secondhand smoke 3 urge oncology providers become proponents tobacco policy change 2003 asco released policy statement tobacco cessation control set forth specific recommendations called personal accountability eradicating tobacco use domestically globally since time significant developments tobacco cessation control changed political scientific landscape response asco cancer prevention committee commissioned update previous asco statement reflect evolving regulatory policy environment statement reviews advancements made tobacco cessation control since 2003 sets forth refined set recommendations addressing tobacco cessation control based current challenges opportunities key principles statement follows