Prevalence and Health Consequences of Smoking among Pacific Islanders: A Systematic Review Study

Abstract

Introduction: Smoking remains to be a main cause of preventable death and illness in both developing and developed countries. The high prevalence of smoking consumption contributes to significant healthrelated diseases. While the rate of smoking use is reducing in most countries, Pacific countries still have a high smoking prevalence. This systematic review study is aimed at understanding the prevalence of smoking and its health consequences among Pacific countries.

Inequalities and Barriers to the Use of Health Care among Cancer Patients in the Pacific: A Systematic Review

“…Thirtythree articles met the inclusion criteria. The bibliographies of the remaining articles were then searched to obtain any further relevant materials ( Figure 1) [11,12]. Five studies were then added for a total of thirty-eight included studies.…”