A epidemiological study of smoking behavior in China

Content introduction：

　　A four-stage model is widely used to describe the cigarette epidemic in developed countries between men and women, and among the socio-economic status, whose explanations draw upon two theoretical approaches: one is distinctive class-based culture theory, another is social networks and social diffusion theory. This model cannot be applied to developing countries, such as China. Our research questions are: How to describe the smoking epidemic model in china including the gender and social status? Has the model any difference between china and western developed countries? How to explain the smoking epidemic model applying social theories?  Is there any unique culture and social factor to influence the smoking behaviour? Based on data from large scale investigation, we describe the smoking epidemic model in china through a decade. We concluded that the smoking epidemic model between china and developed countries has significant differences. Social networks and social diffusion theory adapt to explain the model in china. Smoking has been deeply integrated with Chinese social interactions through the acceptance of cigarettes as a traditional Chinese gesture of goodwill.