Open AccessEstimating the changing disease burden attributable to smoking in South Africa for 2000, 2006 and 2012
Author(s) -
Pam Groenewald,
Rosana Pacella,
Freddy Sitas,
O F Awotiwon,
Nicole Vellios,
Charl Janse van Rensburg,
Samuel Manda,
Ria Laubscher,
Beatrice Nojilana,
Jané Joubert,
Demetre Labadarios,
L Ayo-Yusuf,
Rifqah Abeeda Roomaney,
E B Turawa,
I Neethling,
Nada Abdelatif,
Victoria Pillay-van Wyk,
Debbie Bradshaw
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
samj. south african medical journal/south african medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.527
H-Index - 57
eISSN - 2078-5135
pISSN - 0256-9574
DOI - 10.7196/samj.2022.v112i8b.16492
Subject(s) - medicine , demography , attributable risk , tobacco control , population , disease burden , disease , mortality rate , burden of disease , years of potential life lost , cause of death , environmental health , public health , life expectancy , surgery , pathology , sociology
Ongoing quantification of the disease burden attributable to smoking is important to monitor and strengthen tobacco control policies.