Disease burdens from environmental tobacco smoke in Korean adults

Abstract

In this study, we estimated the disease burdens attributable to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) exposure in Korean adults in 2010 and analyzed the trend of that from 2005 to 2010. We obtained information on the study population from the 2010 Cause of Death Statistic and estimated the ETS-attributable fraction using data from the Korean Community Health Survey and the Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. The numbers of ETS-attributable deaths in female and male non-smokers were estimated to be 4.1 and 69.6% of the numbers of deaths attributable to current smoke, respectively. The deaths attributable to ETS were larger in female than in male non-smokers (710 vs. 420). The ETS-attributable deaths increased slightly in 2005-2008 but decreased in 2009-2010. The number of potential years of life lost from ETS was 9077.24 years in 2010. If there were no exposure to ETS in adult non-smokers, we would expect to see 1130 fewer deaths (9.9% of the deaths from current smoke). The results suggest that ETS poses considerable disease burdens for non-smokers, especially women, in Korea.

Burden of disease attributable to second-hand smoke exposure: A systematic review

“…In the surveys, exposure in the house or in the workplace was assessed by asking if participants were ever [57][58][59][60][61][62][63] , daily 46,64 or at least once per week 38,43,64-67 exposed to SHS. Household exposure was also assessed by asking whether smoking was allowed in the house [48][49]68 or, in some cases, whether living with a smoker 33,44,[69][70] , or, for children, whether parents smoked.…”

“…[25][26] Moreover, in some studies non-smokers were more formally defined as anyone whose total amount of smoked cigarettes was less than 100 during their lifetime, 78 or those who had stopped smoking or had not smoked 100 cigarettes in their lifetime. 60 Data sources: In almost all the studies, the burden was estimated for countries or regions using official statistics. Two studies applied the CRA methodology to data (prevalence, costs) from survey samples , [43][44] Shin et al 45 estimated and applied the PAF in a cohort, Simons et al 79 Outcomes: The SHS-attributable burden of disease was mainly studied in terms of mortality (55.6% of the studies), followed by morbidity (33.3%), DALYs (22.2%) and costs (18.1%).…”

Active smoking and exposure to secondhand smoke and their relationship to depressive symptoms in the Korea national health and nutrition examination survey (KNHANES)

“…In Korea, 30.8 % and 5.7 % of deaths among men and women, respectively, have been attributed to active smoking [ 1 ]. According to one study, 8,284 people died of either lung cancer or ischemic heart disease due to current smoking and an additional 422 non-smokers died of the same diseases due to secondhand smoke (SHS) in 2010 [ 2 ]. Furthermore, approximately 100 billion cigarettes are sold annually in Korea; thus, according to World Health Organization (WHO) data, Korea is the 8th largest cigarette market [ 3 ].…”

The Effect of Depression Status Change on Daily Cigarette Smoking Amount: a eleven-year follow up study of the Korea Welfare Panel Study

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