A massive smoking-related health crisis is set to hit China, say British and
Hong Kong researchers in the current issue of the British Medical
Journal. Over the next few decades one-third of Chinese men and 5 per cent
of women will be killed by tobacco. The researchers used Hong Kong鈥檚 death
records to predict health trends in China by comparing the fate of smokers with
non-smokers. This spells disaster for a country which consumes 30 per cent of
the world鈥檚 cigarettes. 鈥淭he burden on the health care system will be enormous,鈥
says team member Tai Hing Lam of the University of Hong Kong.
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