Answer sought for 'tobacco giant' China's problem
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China is slowly beginning to deal with its vast tobacco problem. One-fourth of the world's smokers reside in China, accounting for over 300 million people. Another half billion Chinese are passive smokers because they live with smokers in crowded, poorly-ventilated houses. China is also the largest tobacco grower, producing about 40% of total worldwide manufactured tobacco in 1992. In 1993, China exported about 25 billion cigarettes and received approximately $400 million in return. Tobacco taxes accounted for approximately $6.6 billion in government revenue in 1994. Approximately 23.5 million Chinese work in the tobacco industry in some capacity. A survey of a district near Shanghai revealed that cigarettes accounted for 17% of personal expenses. The annual number of tobacco-related deaths is expected to reach 2 million by the year 2025. Most Western Pacific countries have adopted tobacco control policies and two-thirds have passed laws regulating some part of the tobacco industry.
Publication Name: JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0098-7484
Year: 1996
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Experts try education to preserve skiers' knees
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Researchers at Vermont Safety Research are learning exactly how skiers injure their knees and how to prevent it. They have spent 22 years studying the kinds of moves skiers make that can damage the knee and have put together a video program to teach skiers to avoid these situations. When they enrolled approximately 4,000 professional skiers in a clinical trial of this educational technique, they found that the incidence of knee injuries dropped 62% in skiers who viewed the program compared to those who didn't. The video program shows skiers the most likely scenarios that will lead to an injured knee. One, called boot-induced injury, occurs when the skier jumps and lands off balance. The impact of an extended leg with the slope can drive the back of the boot into the tibia, wrenching it from the femur and tearing the anterior cruciate ligament. Ski resorts should teach recreational skiers how to fall properly to avoid knee injuries.
Publication Name: JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0098-7484
Year: 1996
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