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 and Mark Woodward
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Alireza Ansary-Moghaddam: The Asia Pacific Cohort Studies Collaboration, Mount Sinai Medical School, Box 1087, One Gustave L. Levy Place, New York, NY 10029, USA
Alexandra Martiniuk: The Asia Pacific Cohort Studies Collaboration, Mount Sinai Medical School, Box 1087, One Gustave L. Levy Place, New York, NY 10029, USA
Tai-Hing Lam: The Asia Pacific Cohort Studies Collaboration, Mount Sinai Medical School, Box 1087, One Gustave L. Levy Place, New York, NY 10029, USA
Konrad Jamrozik: The Asia Pacific Cohort Studies Collaboration, Mount Sinai Medical School, Box 1087, One Gustave L. Levy Place, New York, NY 10029, USA
Akiko Tamakoshi: The Asia Pacific Cohort Studies Collaboration, Mount Sinai Medical School, Box 1087, One Gustave L. Levy Place, New York, NY 10029, USA
Xianghua Fang: The Asia Pacific Cohort Studies Collaboration, Mount Sinai Medical School, Box 1087, One Gustave L. Levy Place, New York, NY 10029, USA
Il Suh: The Asia Pacific Cohort Studies Collaboration, Mount Sinai Medical School, Box 1087, One Gustave L. Levy Place, New York, NY 10029, USA
Federica Barzi: The Asia Pacific Cohort Studies Collaboration, Mount Sinai Medical School, Box 1087, One Gustave L. Levy Place, New York, NY 10029, USA
Rachel Huxley: The Asia Pacific Cohort Studies Collaboration, Mount Sinai Medical School, Box 1087, One Gustave L. Levy Place, New York, NY 10029, USA
Mark Woodward: The Asia Pacific Cohort Studies Collaboration, Mount Sinai Medical School, Box 1087, One Gustave L. Levy Place, New York, NY 10029, USA

IJERPH, 2009, vol. 6, issue 4, 1-13

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.

Keywords: Cancer of the pharynx; cancer of the larynx; cancer of the esophagus; smoking; alcohol (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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