Smoking control in China: A need for comprehensive national legislation

Bo Xi; Costan G Magnussen

doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1004065

Smoking control in China: A need for comprehensive national legislation

PLoS Med. 2022 Aug 25;19(8):e1004065. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1004065. eCollection 2022 Aug.

Authors

Bo Xi¹, Costan G Magnussen^{2

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Affiliations

¹ Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health/Qilu Hospital, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, China.
² Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
³ Research Center of Applied and Preventive Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Turku, Turku, Finland.
⁴ Centre for Population Health Research, University of Turku and Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland.

Abstract

In this Perspective, Bo Xi and Costan Magnussen discuss the trends in smoking prevalence in China reported by Mei Zhang and colleagues, and the need for effective tobacco control strategies.

MeSH terms

China / epidemiology
Humans
Prevalence
Smoking Prevention
Smoking*
Tobacco Smoke Pollution* / prevention & control
Tobacco Smoking

Substances

Tobacco Smoke Pollution

Grants and funding

The author(s) received no specific funding for this work.