1. Cancer in Hong Kong: Measures
that could be Take to Reduce the
Death Rate.
• Welcome to my Presenation
• Name: John Chan
• Studying: BSc in radiograph
• Background
• Topic
• Overview
2. Hong Kong: Most Common
Cancers and Causes of Cancer.
10 Most Common Cancers, 2002, Both Sexes
Rank Site New cases Relative
frequency
Crude incidence
rate
1 Lung 3941 18.0% 58.1
2 Colon 2127 9.7% 31.3
3 Breast 2076 9.5% 30.6
10 Major Causes of Cancers Deaths, 2002, Both Sexes
Rank Site New cases Relative
frequency
Crude incidence
rate
1 Lung 3382 29.7% 49.8
2 Liver 1381 12.1% 20.4
3 Colon 1031 9.0% 15.2
Source: Hong Kong Cancer Registry, Hospital Authority. (2005). Cancer Statistics. Retrieved November 1 2005, from http://www3.ha.org.hk/cancereg/
3. Control of Advertising of Cigarete
Products
• Hong Kong data
– 1982 initial limits on tobacco use
– In 1990 tobacco advertising on broadcast media was
prohibited
– and later billboard bans were instituted
– Most recently, the Smoking (Public Health) Ordinance (Cap.
371) regulations included bans of print media advertisements
in 1997, effective December 1999
– The current restrictions exempt point of sale advertising.
– None the less, tobacco companies continue to promote
brand awareness principally via sports sponsorship and
branded clothing and music.
Source: Fielding, R., Chee, Y.Y., Choi, K.M., Chu, T.K., Kato, K.,
Lam, S.K., Sin, K.L., Tang, K.T., Wong, H.M. & Wong, K.M. (2004).
Declines in tobacco brand recognition and ever-smoking rates
among young children following restrictions on tobacco
advertisements in Hong Kong. Journal of Public Health. 26(1), 24-30.
4. Concllusion
• Let me conclude by summarising the main points of
my presentation.
• Cancer causes a quarter of all deaths in Hong Kong, and
lung cancer, which is chiefly caused by smoking, causes
one third of all deaths.
• To counter this,To counter this, 33 measures have been proposed.measures have been proposed.
• Of these, further restrictions on the promotion of tobacco brands, and greater limits
on where people can smoke are recommended.
• Regarding the third measure, increased taxation of
cigarettes, I BELIEVE THE PRESENT LEVELS
SHOULD BE MAINTAINED, BUT NOT
INCREASED!!!!!!!!