Mortality and morbidity burden associated with smoking: evidence from a 1.6 million cohort in Hong Kong
Smoking remains a substantial burden on the healthcare system in Hong Kong, which may still be underestimated due to Hong Kong's relatively less advanced stage in the tobacco epidemic compared to some Western countries, where the full hazards of smoking have already manifested more prominently.
Authors
- Chan Sophia Siu-chee
- T. Y. Chen
- Ian Chi Kei Wong (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8242-0014)
- Boyuan Wang
- Eric Yuk Fai Wan
- Ka Hung Chan
- Ming Hin Lee
Institutions
- Macau University of Science and Technology (MO)
- Department of Health (CN)
- Aston University (GB)
- GfK (United States) (US)
- Institute for Advanced Study (DE)
- University of Hong Kong (HK)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Medicine
- Published
- 2026-01-06
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-025-04600-2
- Primary Topic
- Smoking Behavior and Cessation
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00