Prevalence of tobacco related chronic diseases and its role in smoking cessation among smokers in a rural area of Shanghai, China: a cross sectional study

• Main Authors: Ruiping Wang (Author), Yonggen Jiang (Author), Chunxia Yao (Author), Meiying Zhu (Author), Qi Zhao (Author), Limei Huang (Author), Guimin Wang (Author), Ying Guan (Author), Engelgau Michael (Author), Genming Zhao (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2019-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Tobacco smoking is a recognized risk factor for many chronic diseases and previous study evidences have indicated that smokers receive smoking cessation service after the diagnosis of chronic diseases increases successful rate in quitting. But the prevalence of tobacco related ch...