In 7735 men aged 40-59, selected at random from general practices in 24 towns throughout
Britain, pronounced differences were noted in the prevalences of smoking and drinking …

The British Regional Heart Study seeks to define risk factors for cardiovascular disease, to
examine their interrelationships, and to explain the geographic variations in cardiovascular …

Abstract The General Household Survey, used to examine British smoking and drinking
habits by country of birth showed significant differences between the groups. Heavy drinking …

The drinking behaviour of 7735 middle-aged men drawn from general practices in 24 British
towns was determined in 1978-80 and five years later in 1983-85. Those with heavier initial …

The effect of smoking on disease has usually been assessed by comparing the smoking
habits of persons with a specific diseasewith those of individuals believed to be …

We report the results of a survey of cigarette smoking rates in Australia. A representative
sample of 4309 people (2137 men and 2172 women) aged 16 years and over was …

A large representative sample of Australians aged 14 years or more was interviewed about
smoking. Forty‐one per cent of the males and 29% of the females aged 16 years and over …

In 1951 the British Medical Association forwarded to all British doctors a questionnaire about
their smoking habits, and 34440 men replied. With few exceptions, all men who replied in …

Analysis of mortality trends over 40 years in England and Wales showed that mortality from
coronary heart disease had become progressively more common in working-class men and …

Smoking histories were obtained from 1, 737 men aged 60 and over on the lists of 11
general practitioners, the group being reasonably representative of the general population …