title: [Cancer prevention and tobacco control].
abstract: The paper summarized briefly the evidences for tobacco use as a cause of cancer based on hundreds of epidemiologic and biomedical studies carried out over the past 50-60 years, as well as overviewed the carcinogens in tobacco products and mechanisms of neoplasm induction by tobacco products. So, tobacco control is the important measure for cancer prevention.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100730, China; Email: yangghuan@vip.sina.com.
authors.forename: Gonghuan
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Yang
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D063646:Carcinogenesis; D002273:Carcinogens; D006291:Health Policy; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000517:prevention & control; D012907:Smoking; D014029:Tobacco Use Disorder / Q000517:prevention & control; D062789:Tobacco Products / Q000009:adverse effects
chemical_list: D002273:Carcinogens