aDepartment of Epidemiology, IRCCS – Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche ‘Mario Negri’
bDepartment of Clinical Sciences and Community Health, University of Milan
cDOXA Institute, Worldwide Independent Network/Gallup International Association (WIN/GIA), Milan, Italy
dIchan School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Institute for Translational Epidemiology and Tisch Cancer Institute, New York, New York
eDepartment of Economics, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
fIntramural Research Department, American Cancer Society, Atlanta, Georgia
gDepartment of Oncology, Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Georgetown University, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
hInternational Prevention Research Institute
iSection of Environment and Radiation, International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France
jDivision of Population Health Science, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
kTobaccoFree Research Institute Ireland, Dublin, Ireland
lTobacco Control Unit, Cancer Prevention and Control Program, Institut Català d’Oncologia – ICO
mCancer Control and Prevention Group, Institut d’InvestigaciĂ³ Biomèdica de Bellvitge – IDIBELL, L’Hospitalet de Llobregat
nDepartment of Clinical Sciences, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
oInformation Services Division, NHS National Services, Edinburgh, Scotland
pDepartment for Health & UK Centre for Tobacco Control Studies, University of Bath, Bath
qDepartment of Social and Environmental Health Research, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
rIndependent Legal Consultant in Public Health, Luxembourg city, Luxembourg
sAssociation of the European Cancer Leagues & Foundation Against Cancer, Brussels, Belgium
tCentre for Health and Social Economics – CHESS, National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL)
uDepartment of Finance and Statistics, Hanken School of Economics, Helsinki, Finland
Correspondence to Carlo La Vecchia, MD, Department of Epidemiology, IRCCS – Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche ‘Mario Negri’, Via Giuseppe La Masa 19, 20156 Milan, Italy Tel: +39 023 901 4527; fax: +39 023 320 0231; e-mail: [email protected]
Received September 2, 2013
Accepted September 18, 2013