Smoking cessation and lung cancer risk in an Asian population: Findings from the Singapore Chinese health study

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 103, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1093-1096

  Wong, K Y ^a   Seow, A ^a   Koh, W P ^a   Shankar, A ^b   Lee, H P ^a   Yu, M C ^c  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

cohort study; lung cancer; quitting; smoking; tobacco use

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGAPORE; SMOKING CESSATION; TOBACCO; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HEALTH SURVEY; INCIDENCE; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; RISK;

AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK; SINGAPORE; SMOKING CESSATION;

EID: 77957245350     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6605782     Document Type: Article

References (21)

1. Bhalla V, Fong CW, Chew SK, Satku K (2006) Changes in the levels of major cardiovascular risk factors in the multi-ethnic population in Singapore after 12 years of a national non-communicable disease intervention programme. Singapore Med J 47: 841-850 (Pubitemid 44519176)
2. Boyle P, Levin B (2008) World Cancer Report. IARC Press: Lyon
3. Ebbert JO, Yang P, Vachon CM, Vierkant RA, Cerhan JR, Folsom AR, Sellers TA (2003) Lung cancer risk reduction after smoking cessation: observations from a prospective cohort of women. J Clin Oncol 21: 921-926 (Pubitemid 46606453)
4. Gotfredsen NS, Prescott E, Osler M (2008) Effect of smoking reduction on lung cancer risk. JAMA 294: 1505-1510
5. Hankin JH, Stram DO, Arakawa K, Park S, Low SH, Lee HP, Yu MC (2001) Singapore Chinese Health Study: development, validation, and calibration of the quantitative food frequency questionnaire. Nutr Cancer 39: 187-195 (Pubitemid 33694034)
6. Huxley R, Jamrozik K, Lam TH, Barzi F, Ansary-Moghaddam A, Jiang CQ, Suh I, Woodward M (2007) Impact of smoking and smoking cessation on lung cancer mortality in the Asia-pacific region. Am J Epidemiol 165: 1280-1286 (Pubitemid 47234321)
7. International Agency for Research on Cancer (2007) Epidemiological considerations in evaluating the effects of cessation. In: Reversal of Risk after Quitting Smoking. IARC Handbooks of Cancer Prevention Vol11. IARC, WHO: Lyon, France. 71-138
8. Jha P, Ranson MK, Nguyen SN, Yach D (2002) Estimates of global and regional smoking prevalence in 1995, by age and sex. Am J Public Health 92: 1002-1006 (Pubitemid 34552906)
9. Kenfield SA, Stampfer MJ, Rosner BA, Colditz GA (2008) Smoking and smoking cessation in relation to mortality in women. JAMA 299: 2037-2047 (Pubitemid 351656585)
10. Lam TH, Li BB, Ho SY, Chan MW, Ho KS, Tham MK, Cowling BJ, Schooling CM, Leung GM (2007) Smoking, quitting and mortality in an elderly cohort of 56000 Hong Kong Chinese. Tob Control 16: 182-189
11. Lee G, Walser TC, Dubinett SM (2009) Chronic inflammation, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and lung cancer. Curr Opin Pulm Med 15: 303-307
12. Liu BQ, Peto R, Chen ZM, Boreham J, Wu YP, Li JY, Campbell TC, Chen JS (1998) Emerging tobacco hazards in China: 1. Retrospective proportional mortality study of one million deaths. BMJ 317: 1411-1422 (Pubitemid 28522092)
13. Ministry of Health, Department of Epidemiology and Disease Control (2005) National Health Survey 2004. Ministry of Health: Singapore
14. Reddy KS, Perry CL, Stigler MH, Arora M (2006) Differences in tobacco use among young people in urban India by sex, socioeconomic status, age, and school grade: assessment of baseline survey data. Lancet 367: 589-594 (Pubitemid 43247574)
15. Seow A, Koh WP, Chia KS, Shi LM, Lee HP, Shanmugaratnam K (2004) Trends in Cancer Incidence in Singapore 1968-2002. Singapore Cancer Registry Report No.6: Singapore
16. Slama K (2008) Global perspective on tobacco control. Part I. The global state of the tobacco epidemic. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 12: 3-7
17. Sobue T, Yamamoto S, Hara M, Sasazuki S, Sasaki S, Tsugane S (2002) Cigarette smoking and subsequent risk of lung cancer by histologic type in middle-aged Japanese men and women: the JPHC study. Int J Cancer 99: 245-251 (Pubitemid 34309482)
18. Song YM, Sung J, Cho HJ (2008) Reduction and cessation of cigarette smoking and risk of cancer: a cohort study of Korean men. J Clin Oncol 26: 5101-5106
19. Tverdal A, Bjartveit K (2006) Health consequences of reduced daily cigarette consumption. Tob Control 15: 472-480 (Pubitemid 44935575)
20. Wen CP, Cheng TY, Lin CL, Wu HN, Levy DT, Chen LK, Hsu CC, Eriksen MP, Yang HJ, Tsai SP (2005) The health benefits of smoking cessation for adult smokers and for pregnant women in Taiwan. Tob Control 14: i56-i61 (Pubitemid 40806906)
21. Yang G (1997) Report on the 1996 Nationwide Survey of Smoking Prevalence in China. Peoples Medical Publishing House: Beijing, China