ReviewNature reviews. Cancer2009
Avoidable global cancer deaths and total deaths from smoking.
Review in Nature reviews. Cancer, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 196 papers, 8 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
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Who cites it
196 citing papers in PubMed, 8 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Effectiveness of digital tools for smoking cessation in Asian countries: a systematic review.Annals of medicine · 2024Pooled it
- A systematic review of deep brain stimulation for substance use disorders.Translational psychiatry · 2024Pooled it
- Reduction of head and neck cancer risk following smoking cessation: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMJ open · 2024Pooled it
- The association between smoking exposure and endothelial function evaluated using flow-mediated dilation values: a meta-analysis.BMC cardiovascular disorders · 2024Pooled it
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- Tobacco Smoking and Mortality in Asia: A Pooled Meta-analysis.JAMA network open · 2019Pooled it
- Combination therapy of varenicline with nicotine replacement therapy is better than varenicline alone: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.BMC public health · 2015Pooled it
- A common biological basis of obesity and nicotine addiction.Translational psychiatry · 2013Pooled it
- Conversational Chatbot for Cigarette Smoking Cessation: Results From the 11-Step User-Centered Design Development Process and Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2024Trial
- Implementation of a WeChat-Based Smoking Cessation Program for Chinese Smokers.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Trial
- Adaptation and Assessment of a Text Messaging Smoking Cessation Intervention in Vietnam: Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2021Trial
- Association between tobacco substance usage and a missense mutation in the tumor suppressor gene P53 in the Saudi Arabian population.PloS one · 2021Trial
- The genetics of smoking in individuals with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.Respiratory research · 2018Trial
- The efficacy of mobile phone-based text message interventions ('Happy Quit') for smoking cessation in China.BMC public health · 2016Trial
- The policy construction of illegal markets: Exploring variation, success, failure, and unintended consequences.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026Article
- Accelerating discovery of cancer causes for prevention in the era of rising early-onset cancers.Cell · 2026Review
- Financial Stress and Tobacco Expenditure in Australian Households: A Cross-Sectional Analysis of Prevalence and Association Across Wealth and Income Levels.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2025Article
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- Method for determination of cytisine in post-mortem biological matrices and its application to two forensic cases.Forensic toxicology · 2025Article
- Unveiling Smoking Behavior Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Cross-Sectional Study in the United Arab Emirates.Cureus · 2025Article
136 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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Abstract
On the basis of current consumption patterns, approximately 450 million adults will be killed by smoking between 2000 and 2050. At least half of these adults will die between 30 and 69 years of age, losing decades of productive life. Cancer and the total deaths due to smoking have fallen sharply in men in high-income countries but will rise globally unless current smokers, most of whom live in low- and middle-income countries, stop smoking before or during middle age. Tripling the taxes on tobacco could rapidly raise cessation rates and deter the initiation of smoking. Higher taxes, regulations on smoking and information for consumers could avoid at least 115 million smoking-associated deaths in the next few decades, including around 25 million cancer deaths.
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