Trends in smoking and quitting in China from 1993 to 2003: National Health Service Survey data

Qian, Juncheng; Cai, Min; Gao, Jun; Tang, Shenglan; Xu, Ling; Critchley, Julia

doi:10.2471/blt.09.064709

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Trends in smoking and quitting in China from 1993 to 2003: National Health Service Survey data

Published in Bulletin of the World Health Organization • Apr 16, 2010

Authors:

Juncheng Qian

Min Cai

Jun Gao

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: China has about 350 million smokers, more commonly men. Using data from National Health Service Surveys conducted in 1993, 1998 and 2003, we (i) estimated trends in smoking prevalence and cessation according to sociodemographic variables and (ii) analysed cessation rates, quitting intenti...

Subject

Medicine

Smoking cessation

Tobacco control

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