Increasing tobacco hazards in China
The main increase in cigarette consumption in China took place recently (mean cigarette consumption 1 in 1952 to 10 in 1992). By 1990 smoking was already casing 12% of Chinese adult male deaths, that would corresponds to 0.7 million male tobacco related deaths for the year 2000. Journal Review
Perceived risk of heart disease and cancer among cigarette smokers
Even though the negative health effects of smoking are well know, many smokers discount their risk (optimistic bias). This study assesses smokers' assessment of their risk of myocardial infarction and cancer... Journal Review
Global burden of diabetes
The global prevalence of diabetes in adults was estimated to be 4% in 1995, and was projected to rise to 5.4% by the year 2025. The number of adults with diabetes is estimated to rise from 135 million in 1995 to 300 million in the year 2025... Journal Review
Fifteen-year follow-up of smoking prevention effects
Beginning in 1978, this study exposed 12 and 13 year old students to a smoking prevention program over a 2-year period. At completion of the program, mean prevalence of all smokers was 30% and 41% in the intervention and control schools, respectively... Journal Review
The Harvard Alcohol Project: Promoting the "designated driver"
How effective are projects that rely on mass communication strategies to promote healthy behaviors? One of the best documented examples is the National Designated Driver Campaign... Case for Prevention
Mortality attributable to cigarette smoking in China
China is the largest tobacco producing and consuming country in the world. This prospective cohort of 1696 Chinese people followed for a mean of 19 years describes the mortality risk associated with smoking... Journal Review
Non-communicable chronic disease in Brazil
This article describes the epidemiologic profile of chronic diseases in Brazilian adults, and shows the available data related to health care quality and the social impact of these disorders. It emphasizes that the impact of early mortality attributed to avoidable causes is huge, reflecting the quality of medical care and the absence of adequate health programs... Journal Summary
Low job control and CHD risk
This study provides evidence for an increase in risk of developing new CHD among workers with low job control compared to workers with high job control. Job control was defined as the employees' ability to have authority and choice in planning, schedule, speed and variety of their labor... Journal Review
Effect of socioeconomic status on heart attack and coronary death
The importance of primary and secondary prevention in the most deprived communities holds greater promise for improving public health than advances in high-technology hospital care... Journal Review
Prevalence of hypertension in seven populations of West African origin
The basis for the increased prevalence of hypertension with age among persons of African descent remains undefined. Some argue for a genetic basis while others look to environmental factors.This study lends support to the influence of environmental factors over genetic predisposition in determining the gradient of hypertension across these populations... Journal Review
Modernization of Asia: implications for coronary heart disease
Coronary heart disease, once considered a problem of the western world, is rapidly becoming a major health problem in Asian countries. Increases in the prevalence of CHD in the many Asian countries have followed on the heels of economic development, as cardiac risk factors have become commonplace.... Journal Summary
