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Prakit Vateesatokit, MD

JAMA. 1990;264(12):1522-1524.

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When American colleagues visit me here in Bangkok, beyond the famous golden palaces and ancient temples, they see a modern city with its share of tall buildings, well-heeled businessmen, fancy boutiques, exclusive restaurants, and world-class hotels. This is deceptive. Thailand is an impoverished and underdeveloped agricultural country. Here construction workers labor 7 days a week earning $3.50 a day. Only 6 years of education are required. Thirty percent of Thai people who become ill enough to require medical attention never receive it. There are no motor vehicle emissions control testing or drunk driving laws so the air on a sunny day is a foul leaden black and accidents are the country's number one cause of death.

Thai people have been smoking cigarettes for some time, and the number of tobacco-associated illnesses is accelerating. In 1987, the estimated incidence and prevalence rates of coronary heart disease were 10 to 49 and . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
Thai Anti-Smoking Campaign Project Bangkok, Thailand

Footnotes
Edited by Annette Flanagin, RN, MA, Assistant to the Editor.

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