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19645648

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2009-8-3
pubmed:abstractText
Australia's achievement in tobacco control has been remarkable, but relies on indirect estimates of tobacco-attributed mortality, and on using relative risks from Western countries to calculate tobacco's impact. To accelerate the decline in smoking, more precise measures of tobacco's relative importance among different population subgroups are required. We propose that more direct and accurate measures of tobacco-attributed mortality are needed, which could be achieved by adding a small set of voluntary questions about the smoking status of the deceased to a revised death notification form. Ideally, this form should also record the smoking status of the next-of-kin or family informant, as this would help establish a living control group. Such information will provide data on tobacco-attributed deaths with incomparable precision, allowing accurate monitoring of the current state of the smoking epidemic, and its evolution over time. This is particularly pertinent for sections of the population in which tobacco control measures have been less successful. A number of practical concerns have been raised, but we do not believe these are insurmountable.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0025-729X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
3
pubmed:volume
191
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
166-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-4-8
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2009
pubmed:articleTitle
Smoking questions on the Australian death notification form: adopting international best practice?
pubmed:affiliation
The Cancer Council NSW, Sydney, NSW, Australia. freddys@nswcc.org.au
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article