Global, regional, and national burden of cancers attributable to tobacco smoking in 204 countries and territories, 1990-2019.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Cancers are leading causes of mortality and morbidity, with smoking being recognized as a significant risk factor for many types of cancer. We aimed to report the cancer burden attributable to tobacco smoking by sex, age, socio-demographic index (SDI), and cancer type in 204 countries and territories from 1990 to 2019.

Methods

The burden of cancers attributable to smoking was reported between 1990 and 2019, based upon the Comparative Risk Assessment approach used in the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) study 2019.

Results

Globally, in 2019 there were an estimated 2.5 million cancer-related deaths (95% UI: 2.3 to 2.7) and 56.4 million DALYs (51.3 to 61.7) attributable to smoking. The global age-standardized death and DALY rates of cancers attributable to smoki

SUBMITTER: Safiri S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9249976 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature