Background Despite the high global burden of diseases caused by tobacco, valid and
comparable prevalence data for patterns of adult tobacco use and factors influencing use …

Executive summary Elevated blood pressure is the strongest modifiable risk factor for
cardiovascular disease worldwide. Despite extensive knowledge about ways to prevent as …

Cigarette smoking and other forms of tobacco use impose a large and growing global public
health burden. Worldwide, tobacco use is estimated to kill about 5 million people annually …

Background: The principal objectives of this study were to examine the relationship between
cigarette smoking and periodontitis and to estimate the proportion of periodontitis in the …

Problem: Tobacco use is a major contributor to deaths from chronic diseases. The findings
from the Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS) suggest that the estimate of a doubling of …

Background Tobacco use is a leading preventable risk factor for many chronic disorders,
which are expected to account for an increasing share of the global disease burden. As part …

The Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS) project was developed by the World Health
Organization and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to track tobacco use …

Background Tobacco use has been identified as the single biggest cause of inequality in
morbidity. The objective of this study is to examine the role of social determinants on current …

Tobacco use is the leading preventable cause of death and disease in the world; yet little is
known about the levels or patterns of youth tobacco use on a global basis. The purpose of …

Hypertension is the leading remediable risk factor for cardiovascular disease, affecting more
than 1 billion people worldwide, and is responsible for more than 10 million preventable …