John, This is nonCUBE, but will be for your China file. I think it would explain any karaoke fires and then some....................
ama-assn.org
JAMA Abstracts - November 12, 1997
Early Health Effects of the Emerging Tobacco Epidemic in China
A 16-Year Prospective Study
Zheng-Ming Chen, MBBS, DPhil; Zhong Xu, MD; Rory Collins, MBBS, MSc; Wan-Xian Li, MD; Richard Peto, MRCP
Context.-In recent decades, there has been a rapid and substantial increase in tobacco consumption in China, particularly by men, but little is known from local epidemiologic studies about the pattern of smoking-related deaths.
Objective.-To assess the current health effects of cigarette smoking in Shanghai, China.
Design.-Prospective observational study of mortality in relation to cigarette smoking.
Setting.-Eleven factories in urban Shanghai.
Subjects.-A total of 9351 adults (6494 men and 2857 women) aged 35 to 64 years at baseline survey during the 1970s.
Outcome Measures.-All-cause and cause-specific mortality.
Results.-During an average follow-up of 16 years, 881 men and 207 women died. Among men, 61% had described themselves as current cigarette smokers at baseline, and their overall mortality was significantly greater than that of nonsmokers (relative risk [RR], 1.4; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.2-1.7; P<.001). The excess was almost twice as great (RR, 1.8; 95% CI, 1.5-22; P<.001) among the men who had begun smoking before the age of 25 years and was significantly associated with the number .........
Hard to believe that 60% of all Chinese males are smokers |
