Tobacco Free Initiative (TFI)
Monitoring Tobacco Use and Prevention Policies
WHO Report on the Global Tobacco Epidemic, 2017
Published Year: 2017
Key Citation:
Lam TH, Ho SY. Tobacco. In: Detels R, Gulliford M, Karim QA, Tan CC, editors. Oxford textbook of global public health, sixth edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press; 2015:1217–1231.
Key Citation:
Leung CC, Li T, Lam TH, Yew WW, Law WS, Tam CM, Chan WM, Chan CK, Ho KS, Chang KC. Smoking and tuberculosis among the elderly in Hong Kong. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 2004; 170: 1027-1033
Prof. Sophia SC Chan was a member of the Guidelines Development Group.
Key Citation:
Loke AY, Lam TH. A randomized controlled trial of the simple advice given by obstetricians in Guangzhou, China, to non-smoking pregnant women to help their husbands quit smok- ing. Patient Education and Counseling, 2005, 59(1):31–37.
Global Estimate of the Burden of Disease from Second-hand Smoke
Published Year: 2011
Key Citation:
Lam TH, Ho LM, Hedley AJ, Adab P, Fielding R, McGhee SM, et al. Secondhand smoke and respiratory ill health in current smokers. Tob Control. 2005; 14: 307-14.
Building Capacity for Tobacco Control: Training Package
Protect People from Tobacco Smoke: Smoke-free Environments
Published Year: 2011
Key Citation:
Lam TH, Janghorbani M, Hedley AJ, et al. Public opinion on smoke-free policies in restaurants and predicted effect on patronage in Hong Kong. Tob Control. 2002;11:195–200.
Report on Bidi Smoking and Public Health
Published Year: 2008
Key Citation:
Lam TH, Ho SY, Hedley AJ, Mak KH, Peto R. Mortality and smoking in Hong Kong: case-control study of all adult deaths in 1998. BMJ. 2001; 323: 361-62.
Key Citation:
Lam TH, Ho SY, Hedley AJ, Mak KH, Peto R. Mortality and smoking in Hong Kong: case-control study of all adult deaths in 1998. BMJ. 2001; 323: 361-62.
The MPOWER Package
WHO Report on the Global Tobacco Epidemic, 2008
Published Year: 2008
Key Citation:
Mcghee SM, Ho LM, Lapsley HM, Chau J, Cheung WL, Ho SY, Pow M, Lam TH, Hedley AJ. Cost of tobacco-related diseases, including passive smoking, in Hong Kong. Tobacco control. 2006 Apr 1;15(2):125-30.
Policy Recommendations
Protection from Exposure to Second-hand Tobacco Smoke
Published Year: 2007
Key Citation:
Lam TH et al. Secondhand smoke and respiratory ill health in current smokers. Tobacco Control, 2005, 14:307-314; http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/tc.2005.011775.
International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC)
Personal Habits and Indoor Combustions
IARC Monographs on the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risks to Humans Volume 100E
Published Year: 2012
Key Citations:
Ho JW, Lam TH, Tse CW et al. Smoking, drinking and colorectal cancer in Hong Kong Chinese: a case- control study. Int J Cancer. 2004; 109: 587–597. doi:10.1002/ ijc.20018 PMID:14991582
Huxley R, Jamrozik K, Lam TH, Barzi F, Ansary-Moghaddam A, Jiang CQ, Suh I, Woodward M. Impact of smoking and smoking cessation on lung cancer mortality in the Asia-Pacific region. American journal of epidemiology. 2007 Mar 16;165(11):1280-6.
Evaluating the Effectiveness of Smoke-free Policies
IARC Handbooks of Cancer Prevention Volume 13
Published Year: 2009
Key Citations:
Lam TH, Janghorbani M, Hedley AJ, et al. Public opinion on smoke-free policies in restaurants and predicted effect on patronage in Hong Kong. Tob Control. 2002;11:195–200.
Leung GM, Ho LM, Lam TH. Secondhand smoke exposure, smoking hygiene, and hospitalization in the first 18 months of life. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2004;158: 687–693.
Methods for Evaluating Tobacco Control Policies
IARC Handbook of Cancer Prevention Volume 12
Published Year: 2008
Key Citations:
Lam TH, Ho LM, Hedley AJ, Adab P, Fielding R, McGhee SM, et al. Secondhand smoke and respiratory ill health in current smokers. Tob Control. 2005; 14: 307-14.
Ho SY, Lam TH, Chung SF, Lam TP. Cross-sectional and prospective associations between passive smoking and respiratory symptoms at the workplace. Ann Epidemiol 2007; 17: 126–31.
Reversal of Risk After Quitting Smoking
IARC Handbook of Cancer Prevention Volume 11
Published Year: 2007
Key Citations:
Lam TH, Ho SY, Hedley AJ, Mak KH, Peto R. Mortality and smoking in Hong Kong: case-control study of all adult deaths in 1998. BMJ. 2001; 323: 361-62.
Lam TH, He Y, Shi QL et al. Smoking, quitting, and mortality in a Chinese cohort of retired men. Ann Epidemiol. 2002;12:316–20.
Tobacco Smoke and Involuntary Smoking
IARC Monographs on the Evaluation of Carcinogen Risks to Humans Volume 83
Published Year: 2004
Key Citation:
Lam TH, Ho SY, Hedley AJ, Mak KH, Peto R. Mortality and smoking in Hong Kong: case-control study of all adult deaths in 1998. BMJ. 2001; 323: 361-62.