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The Tobacco Reference Guide |
| by David Moyer, MD. |
| | Chapter 27 International |
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| | International: China |
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| | Addressing the opening session of the 10th World Conference on Tobacco or Health |
| | at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Chinese President Jiang Zemin called for |
| | more health and environmental awareness, and lamented the 700,000 yearly deaths |
| | from tobacco in China. |
| | China Daily, August 31, 1997 |
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| | On October 7, 1997, Chinese President Jiang Zemin met with Philip Morris CEO |
| | Geoffrey Bible, and praised the company's efforts to retain China's most favored |
| | nation trade status. Bible pledged increased involvement in China and cooperation |
| | with Chinese companies. |
| | (UK) Guardian, October 14, 1997, p. 16 |
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| | In China, 45-50% of all tobacco-related deaths are caused by chronic obstructive |
| | pulmonary disease and emphysema, 13-15% from lung cancer, and the rest from |
| | vascular and heart disease plus other cancers. The COPD death rate is much higher, |
| | and heart disease death rate much lower, than for smokers in most other areas of the |
| | world. In developed countries, 25% of deaths are from lung cancer, 15% from COPD, |
| | 35% from vascular and heart disease, and 25% from other cancers. |
| | 10th World Conference on Tobacco or Health, Beijing, 1997 (Niu Shiru, Richard |
| | Peto, and Jonathan Samet) |
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| | Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is the main cause of tobacco-related death in |
| | Chinese smokers, accounting for half of the total; 13% of the deaths are from lung |
| | cancer, and liver, stomach, and esophageal cancer is also common. |
| | 10th World Conference on Tobacco or Health, Beijing, 1997 (Niu Shiru) |
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