Lung Cancer in China

1990/11/01 Elhuyar Zientzia Iturria: Elhuyar aldizkaria

• Osasuna

The Chinese administration wants to put obstacles to the burning of cigarettes in public places. Throughout the month of October, a series of legal measures against tobacco use will be discussed at the People's Congress. This action is due to increased lung cancer.

The number of people who have died from lung cancer in major Chinese cities in the past decade has increased by 20%. While at the moment the problem is in the main cities, smoking is arriving faster than expected in the rural territories. In 1989, 1600 billion cigarettes (more than a quarter of the world) were burned in China. Comparing this amount with that recorded in 1978, that is, with 500 billion, there is a strong growth.

At a meeting of experts held in Hamburg, 2 million people are expected to die from tobacco by 2025 in China.