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Nicotine & Tobacco Research 2009 11(7):773-778; doi:10.1093/ntr/ntp116
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© The Author 2009. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco. All rights reserved. For permissions, please e-mail: journals.permissions@oxfordjournals.org

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Richard Hébert

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   Smoking and China's economy in transition
 
China's transition from a government-planned to a marketplace economy has meant increasing unemployment with no financial, social, or health benefits. To determine whether that might be contributing to the high prevalence of smoking among Chinese men – 66% in a 2002 survey – Ding et al. (p. 779) interviewed 123 men in a community outside Shanghai that is in transition to urbanization and westernization.

The odds of smoking were higher among laid-off males, among those whose friends were mostly smokers, and among those who received smoking-related gifts. They were also marginally higher among those with no smoking restrictions at home.

"Over 50% reported that they usually smoked in gatherings of friends or smoked to start conversations in social settings," the authors report. "Fewer than 10%...lived with another smoker, suggesting that the main pro-smoking influence came from outside the home." They recommend that China implement:


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