Hong Kong people have been among the world's longest-lived regions for seven consecutive years. After eight years of research, the Hong Kong University School of Medicine has found that the key to Hong Kong people's longevity is the death rate caused by cardiovascular diseases, which is the lowest in many regions. It is also based on the fact that Hong Kong's smoking rate is lower than other regions.
Leung Cheuk Wai, Dean of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Hong Kong, emphasized that successful tobacco control is the key to the life expectancy of Hong Kong’s population, which is among the highest in the world.
The medical school urges the Legislative Council to pass an amendment bill to ban e-cigarettes and heating cigarettes as soon as possible.
Cardiovascular disease fatality rate is low
Hong Kong people have been awarded the title of longevity for many years, but the reasons behind it have not been fully explained.
The Faculty of Medicine of the University of Hong Kong compared 18 countries and regions and found that the mortality rate of Hong Kong people due to cardiovascular disease and the rate of death due to cancer in women, regardless of whether they are male or female, are the lowest in many regions. The study believes that this should be attributed to the low smoking rate in Hong Kong.
Professor Luo Xuhe Foundation Professor (Public Health) of the University of Hong Kong School of Medicine, Professor Lin Daqing, Chair Professor of Social Medicine at the School of Public Health, said that allowing heated cigarettes and e-cigarettes to circulate in Hong Kong will lead to a rapid rise in smoking tobacco products, and even make young people smoke heated cigarettes The number of people with traditional cigarettes has increased significantly, and the mortality and prevalence rates will also increase." The Legislative Council is urged to pass the amendment bill on a total ban on e-cigarettes and heating cigarettes as soon as possible.
Liang Zhuowei: Continuous and effective tobacco control can save more lives
Leung Cheuk Wai, Dean of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Hong Kong, said that successful tobacco control is the key to the life expectancy of Hong Kong’s population, which is undoubtedly an important discovery that can save countless precious lives in Hong Kong and the world, because policies to solve public health issues have always been effective. It is the main reason that directly affects the longevity of the population.
Therefore, if Hong Kong continues to adopt effective tobacco control measures, it is expected that more lives will be saved in the next few decades. The number of lives is even ten times greater than the lives that Hong Kong has saved or will be killed by the new coronavirus disease. count.
The government has also proposed a total ban on products such as e-cigarettes and heating cigarettes. The Legislative Council's Bills Committee on Smoking (Public Health) (Amendment) Bill 2019 will hold another meeting this Friday (10th) to deal with the amendment proposed by the Liberal Party Member Siu Ka-fai In the case, he hopes that the authorities will ban e-cigarettes completely, but allow the sale of heating cigarettes in a regulatory form.
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