Association of tobacco smoking with risk of death from cardiovascular diseases, cancer, or respiratory diseases in selected study populations in Asia.

aNumber of deaths among ever-smokers/never-smokers are presented.bAdjusted for age, education, rural/urban resident, marital status, and body mass index; data from participants with Analyses were conducted among those age 45 y or older.cIncluding data from mainland China, Taiwan, Singapore, Republic of Korea, and Japan.dIncluding data from India and Bangladesh.eHR not estimated because of small sample size.