Lehti 27-29: Katsausartikkeli 27-29/2003 vsk 58 s. 2965 - 2967

Epidemiology of tobacco related cancers in Finland

The paper reviews the trends in the incidence and mortality of lung cancer and some non-pulmonary tobacco related cancers in Finland and the other Nordic countries. The incidence of lung cancer is declining among men and increasing among women. Smoking is a significant cause of mortality and morbidity.

Risto Sankila

The most encouraging example of trends in tobacco related cancer morbidity is related to lung cancer among males in Finland (figure 1) (1). The incidence of lung cancer has been sinking among men in pace with the halving of the prevalence of male smokers from the 1960s to the 1980s (fig. 1). This…

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