Cancer prevention and tobacco control.
- Author:
Gonghuan YANG
1
;
Email: YANGGHUAN@VIP.SINA.COM.
Author Information
1. Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100730, China; Email: yangghuan@vip.sina.com.
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- MeSH:
Carcinogenesis;
Carcinogens;
Health Policy;
Humans;
Neoplasms;
prevention & control;
Smoking;
Tobacco;
Tobacco Use Disorder
- From:
Chinese Journal of Preventive Medicine
2015;49(4):292-294
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
The paper summarized briefly the evidences for tobacco use as a cause of cancer based on hundreds of epidemiologic and biomedical studies carried out over the past 50-60 years, as well as overviewed the carcinogens in tobacco products and mechanisms of neoplasm induction by tobacco products. So, tobacco control is the important measure for cancer prevention.
