On Nov 28, 2014, the Chinese Govern ment introduced its first national tobacco control
guideline, which prohibits smoking in all indoor and many outdoor public places, and shows …

Alcohol is a psychoactive substance with toxic and dependence-producing properties, which
is consumed worldwide. More than 2 billion people, or about three of ten individuals, are …

In an attempt to control the 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, governments
across the world have implemented distancing measures during the search for medical …

1 GBD 2020 Alcohol Collaborators. Populationlevel risks of alcohol consumption by amount,
geography, age, sex, and year: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study …

Alcohol consumption has been identified as an important risk factor for chronic disease and
injury. In the first paper in this Series, we quantify the burden of mortality and disease …

Non-communicable diseases constitute more than 72% of annual global deaths and are
now rightfully receiving increased attention in the global health agenda. However, one of the …

Most of the world's population abstains from alcohol. 1 This is good news for both the public
health community, which seeks to reduce the harm caused by alcohol, and for industry …

30% of the world's smokers are in China1 and news has emphasised the persistence of the
problem. The China Global Adults Smoking Survey, which was done by the China Center for …

World Report its national health, social, and economic effect. What is known is that
alcoholrelated problems account for more than a fifth of hospital admissions; 18% of …

However, to devise such guidelines is challenging because alcohol is linked to poor health
in various and complex ways. Injury, suicide, and assault, for example, are associated with …