Morrell S, Taylor R, Nand D, Rao C. Changes in proportional mortality from diabetes and circulatory disease in Mauritius and Fiji: possible effects of coding and certification. BMC Public Health. 2019; 219:481.
Lin S, Moraes Rocha V, Taylor R. Artefactual inflation of type 2 diabetes prevalence in WHO STEP surveys. Tropical Medicine and International Health. 2019; 24(4):477-483.
2018
Taylor R, Lin S, Linhart C, Morrell S. Overview of trends in cardiovascular and diabetes risk factors in Fiji. Annals of Human Biology, 45(3). June 2018.
2017
Gamlath L, Nandasena S, Hennadige Padmal de Silva S, Linhart C, Ngo A, Morrell S, Nathan S, Sharpe A, Taylor R. Differentials in Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Diabetes by Socioeconomic Status and Sex in Kalutara, Sri Lanka. Asia Pac J Public Health. 2017 Jul; 29(5): 401-410
2016
Jayasinghe, U. W., Harris, M. F., Parker, S. M., Litt, J., van Driel, M., Mazza, D, Del Mar C, Lloyd J, Smith J, Zwar N, Taylor R, Wilson, J. (2016). The impact of health literacy and life style risk factors on health-related quality of life of Australian patients. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, 14(68). doi: 10.1186/s12955-016-0471-1
Gyaneshwar R, Naidu S, Raban MZ, Naidu S, Linhart C, Morrell S, Tukana I, Taylor R. Absolute cardiovascular risk in a Fiji medical zone. BMC Public Health 2016; 9(16): 128. doi: 10.1186/s12889-016-2806-6
Linhart C, Tukana I, Lin S, Taylor R, Morrell S, Vatucawaqa P, Magliano D, Zimmet P. Continued increases in hypertension over three decades in Fiji, and the influence of obesity. J Hypertens 2016; 34(3): 402-9. doi: 10.1097/HJH.0000000000000807
Linhart C, Tivollier JM, Taylor R, Barguil Y, Magliano DJ, Bourguignon C, Zimmet P. Changes in cardiovascular disease risk factors over 30 years in Polynesians in the French Pacific Territory of Wallis Island. Eur J Prev Cardiol 2015; 23(8): 856-864. doi: 10.1177/2047487315604833. [Epub ahead of print]
2015
Harris MF, Parker SM, Litt J, van Driel M, Russell G, Mazza D, Jayasinghe UW, Del Mar C, Lloyd J, Smith J, Zwar N, Taylor R, Powell-Davies G. Implementing guidelines to routinely prevent chronic vascular disease in primary care: The Preventive Evidence into Practice cluster randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open 2015; 5: e009397. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2015-009397
2013
Harris MF, Lloyd J, Litt J, van Driel M, Mazza D, Russell G, Smith J, Del Mar C, Denney-Wilson E, Parker S, Krastev Y, Jayasinghe UW, Taylor R, Zwar N, Wilson J, Bolger-Harris H, Waters J. Preventive evidence into practice (PEP) study: implementation of guidelines to prevent primary vascular disease in general practice protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial. Implement Sci 2013; 8: 8.
Page A, Lane A, Taylor R, Dobson A. Trends in socio-economic inequalities in mortality from ischaemic heart disease and stroke in Australia, 1979-2006. European Journal of Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation 2013; 19(6): 1281-1289.
2012
Mirzaei M, Truswell AS, Arnett K, Page A, Taylor R, Leeder SR. Cerebrovascular disease in 48 countries: secular trends in mortality 1950–2005. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry 2012; 83: 138-145.
Taylor R, Page A, Danquah J. The Australian epidemic of cardiovascular mortality 1935-2005: effects of period and birth cohort. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 2012; 66: e18.
2009
Mirzaei M, Truswell AS, Taylor R, Leeder S. Coronary heart disease (CHD) epidemics: Not all the same. Heart 2009; 95: 740-746.
2008
Tobias M, Taylor R, Yeh L-C, Huang K, Mann S, Sharpe N. Did it fall or was it pushed? The contribution of trends in established risk factors to the decline in premature coronary heart disease mortality in New Zealand. Australia and New Zealand Journal of Public Health 2008; 32(2): 117-125.
Khosravi A, Rao C, Naghavi M, Taylor R; Jafari N, Lopez A. The impact of misclassification on measures of cardiovascular disease mortality in Iran. Bulletin of the World Health Organization 2008; 86: 688-696.
2007
Mirzaei M, Morrell S, Taylor R, Leeder SR. Predictors of blood pressure in a cohort of school aged children. European Journal of Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation 2007; 14(5): 624-29.
2006
Taylor R, Dobson A, Mirzaei M. Contribution of changes in risk factors to the decline of coronary heart disease mortality in Australia over three decades. European Journal of Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation 2006; 13(5): 760-768.
1999
Taylor R, Chey T, Bauman A, Webster I. Socio-economic, migrant and geographic differentials in coronary artery disease in NSW. Australia and New Zealand Journal of Public Health 1999; 23(1): 20-26.
1991
Taylor R, Jalaludin B, Levy S, Montaville B, Gee K, Sladden T. Prevalence of diabetes, hypertension and obesity at different levels of urbanisation in Vanuatu. Medical Journal of Australia 1991; 155: 86-90.
1989
Tuomilehto J, Zimmet P, Taylor R, Bennet P, Kanakaanpää Wolf E. A cross-sectional ecological analysis of blood pressure and its determinants in eleven Pacific populations. Journal of the American College of Nutrition 1989; 8(2): 151-165.
Taylor R, Zimmet P, Tuomilehto J, Ram P, Hunt D, Sloman G. Blood pressure changes with age in two ethnic groups in Fiji. Journal of the American College of Nutrition 1989; 8(4): 335-346.
1987
Taylor R, Bennett P, Uili R, Joffres M, Germain R, Levy S, Zimmet P. Hypertension and indicators of coronary heart disease in Wallis Polynesians: an urban-rural comparison. European Journal of Epidemiology 1987; 3(3): 247-256.
1985
Taylor R, Zimmet P, Levy S, Collins V. Group comparisons of blood pressure and indices of obesity and salt intake in Pacific populations. Medical Journal of Australia 1985; 142: 499-501.
1984
Tuomilehto J, Ram P, Eseroma R, Taylor R, Zimmet P. Cardiovascular diseases and diabetes mellitus in Fiji: analysis of mortality, morbidity, and risk factors. Bulletin of the World Health Organization 1984; 62(1): 133-143.
Egusa G, Bennett P.H, Aleck K, Taylor R, Howard B.V. Hyperlipemia and Arteriosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease in the Polynesian Population of Rarotonga. Atherosclerosis 1984; 53: 241-254.
1983
Ram P, Collins V, Zimmet P, Taylor R, King H, Sloman G, Hunt D. Cardiovascular disease risk factors in Fiji: the results of the 1980 survey. Fiji Medical Journal 1983; 11(7/8): 88-94.
1982
Ram P, Banuve S, Zimmet P, Taylor R, King H, Sloman G, Hunt D. Hypertension and its correlates in Fiji: The results of the 1980 National Survey. Fiji Medical Journal 1982; 10(7/8): 99-105.
1980
Zimmet P, Taylor R, Jackson L, Whitehouse SL, Faaivaso S, Ainuu J. Blood pressure studies in rural and urban Western Samoa. Medical Journal of Australia 1980; 2(4): 202-205.
2019
Morrell S, Taylor R, Nand D, Rao C. Changes in proportional mortality from diabetes and circulatory in Mauritius and Fiji: possible effects of coding and certification. BMC Public Health. 2019 19:481. doi: 10.1186/s12889-019-6748-7
Lin S, Rocha V, Taylor R. Artefactual inflation of type 2 diabetes prevalence in WHO STEP surveys. Tropical Medicine and International Health. 24(4): 2019. doi: 10.1111/tmi.13213
2017
Lin S, Naseri T, Linhart C, Morrell S, Taylor R, McGarvey ST, Magliano DJ, Zimmet P. Diabetes incidence and projections from prevalence surveys in Samoa over 1978-2013. International Journal of Public Health. 62:687-694. 2017. doi: 10.1007/s00038-017-0961-x.
Corsenac P, Annesi-Maesano I, Hoy D, Roth A, Rouchon B, Capart I, Taylor R. Overweight and obesity in New Caledonian adults: Results from measured and adjusted self-reported anthropometric data. Diabetes Res Clin Pract. 2017 Jun 22. pii: S0168-8227(16)30504-6. doi: 0.1016/j.diabres.2017.06.020. [Epub ahead of print]
Lin S, Naseri T, Linhart C, Morrell S, Taylor R, McGarvey ST, Magliano DJ, Zimmet P. Trends in diabetes and obesity in Samoa over 35 years, 1978-2013. Diabetic Med. 2017; 34(5): 654-661. doi: 10.1111/dme.13197
2016
Lin S, Hufanga S, Linhart C, Morrell S, Taylor R, Magliano DJ, Zimmet P. Diabetes and Obesity Trends in Tonga Over 40 Years. Asia Pac J Public Health. 2016; 28(6): 475–485. doi: 10.1177/1010539516645156 .
Taylor R, Zimmet P, Naseri T, Hufanga S, Tukana I, Magliano DJ, Lin S, Linhart C, Morrell S. Erroneous inflation of diabetes prevalence: are there global implications? J Diabetes. 2016; 8: 766–769. doi: 10.1111/1753-0407.12447.
Lin S, Tukana I, Linhart C, Morrell S, Taylor R, Vatucawaqa P, Magliano DJ, Zimmet P. Diabetes and obesity trends in Fiji over 30 years. J Diabetes. 2016; 8(4): 533-43.
Morrell S, Lin S, Tukana I, Linhart C, Taylor R, Vatucawaqa P, Magliano DJ, Zimmet P. Diabetes incidence and projections from prevalence surveys in Fiji. Population Health Metrics. (2016) 14:45. doi: 10.1186/s12963-016-0114-0
1993
King H, Rewers M, World Health Organization Ad Hoc Diabetes Reporting Group: including, Taylor R. Global Estimates for Prevalence of Diabetes Mellitus and Impaired Glucose Tolerance in Adults. Diabetes Care 1993; 16(1): 157-177.
1991
Taylor R, Jalaludin B, Levy S, Montaville B, Gee K, Sladden T. Prevalence of diabetes, hypertension and obesity at different levels of urbanisation in Vanuatu. Medical Journal of Australia 1991; 155: 86-90.
King H, Rewers M, World Health Organisation Ad Hoc Diabetes Reporting Group: including, Taylor R. Diabetes in adults is now a Third World problem. Bulletin of the World Health Organisation. 69(6): 643-648. 1991.
1988
Toumilehto J, Zimmet P, Wolf E, Taylor R, Ram P, King H. Plasma uric acid level and its association with diabetes mellitus and some biological parameters in a bi-racial population of Fiji. American Journal of Epidemiology 1988; 127(2): 321-336.
King H, Zimmet P, Taylor R. Glucose tolerance in Polynesia: association with obesity and island of residence. Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice 1988; 4(2): 143-151.
1986
King H, Taylor R, Koteka G, Nemaia H, Zimmet P, Bennett P, Raper L.R. Glucose tolerance in Polynesia Population-based surveys in Rarotonga and Niue. Medical Journal of Australia 1986; 145(10): 505-510.
1985
Taylor R, Bennett P, Uili R, Joffres M, Germain R, Levy S, Zimmet P. Diabetes in Wallis Polynesians: A comparison of residents of Wallis and first generation migrants to Nouméa, New Caledonia. Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice 1985; 1: 169-178.
Ringrose H, Ram P, Mollard C, Taylor R, Zimmet P. Energy intakes and diabetes prevalence of rural and urban Melanesian and Indian populations in Fiji. Fiji Medical Journal 1985; 13(11/12): 250-252.
1984
King H, Taylor R, Zimmet P, Pargeter K, Raper R, Beriki T, Tekanen J. Non-insulin-dependent diabetes (NIDDM) in a newly independent Pacific nation: the Republic of Kiribati. Diabetes Care 1984; 7(5): 409-415.
Taylor R, Ram P, Zimmet P, Raper L.R, Ringrose H. Physical activity and prevalence of diabetes in Melanesian and Indian men in Fiji. Diabetologia 1984; 27: 578-582.
King H, Zimmet P, Bennett P, Taylor R, Raper L.R. Glucose tolerance and ancestral genetic admixture in six semitraditional Pacific populations. Genetic Epidemiology 1984; 1(4): 315-328.
Zimmet P, King H, Taylor R, Raper L, Balkau B, Borger J, Heriot W, Thoma K. The high prevalence of diabetes mellitus, impaired glucose tolerance and diabetic retinopathy in Nauru - the 1982 survey. Diabetes Research 1984; 1: 13-18.
Collins V, Taylor R, Zimmet P, Raper L, Pargeter F, Geddes W, Coventry J.S, King H. Impaired glucose tolerance in Kiribati. New Zealand Medical Journal 1984; 97: 809-812.
1983
Taylor R, Zimmet P. Migrant studies in diabetes epidemiology. In: Diabetes in epidemiological perspective. Eds: Mann J, Pyorala K, Teuscher A. Churchill Livingstone, Edinburgh. 1983.
Taylor R, Bennett P, LeGonidec G, Lacoste J, Combe D, Joffres M, Uili R, Charpin M, Zimmet P. The prevalence of diabetes mellitus in a traditional-living Polynesian population: The Wallis Island survey. Diabetes Care, 1983; 6(4): 334-340.
Zimmet P, Taylor R, Ram P, King H, Sloman G, Raper L.R, Hunt D. Prevalence of diabetes and impaired glucose tolerance in the biracial (Melanesian and Indian) population of Fiji: A rural-urban comparison. American Journal of Epidemiology 1983; 118(5): 673-688.
King H, Balkau B, Zimmet P, Taylor R, Raper R, Borger J, Heriot W. Diabetic retinopathy in Nauruans. American Journal of Epidemiology 1983; 117(6): 659-667.
1982
Serjeantson S, Ryan D.P, Zimmet P, Taylor R, Cross R, Charpin M, Le Gonidec G. HLA antigens in four Pacific populations with non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus. Annals of Human Biology 1982; 9: 69-84.
Zimmet P, Taylor R, Whitehouse S. Prevalence rates of impaired glucose tolerance and diabetes mellitus in various Pacific populations according to the new WHO criteria. Bulletin of the World Health Organization 1982; 60: 279-282.
Zimmet P, Canteloube D, Genelle B, Le Gonidec G, Couzigou P, Peghini M, Charpin M, Bennett P, Kuberski T, Kleiber N, Taylor R. The prevalence of diabetes mellitus and impaired glucose tolerance in Melanesians and part-Polynesians in rural New Caledonia and Ouvea (Loyalty Islands). Diabetologia 1982; 23: 393-398.
Ram P, Banuve S, Zimmet P, Taylor R, Raper L, Sloman G, Hunt D. Diabetes in Fiji – The Results of the 1980 National Survey. Fiji Medical Journal 1982; Jan/Feb:4-13.
1981
Taylor R, Zimmet P. Limitation of fasting plasma glucose for the diagnosis of diabetes mellitus. Diabetes Care 1982; 4: 556-558.
Weinstein S, Sedlak-Weinstein E, Taylor R, Zimmet P. The high prevalence of impaired glucose tolerance and diabetes mellitus in an isolated Polynesian population, Manihiki, Cook Islands. New Zealand Medical Journal 1981; 94: 411-413.
Taylor R, Reid M. Admission to Hospital for Diabetes in Aborigines and other Australians, rural New South Wales 1977-78. Community Health Studies 1981; 5(2): 142-146.
Taylor R, Zimmet P. The influence of variation in obesity in the sex difference in the prevalence of abnormal glucose tolerance in Tuvalu. New Zealand Medical Journal 1981; 94: 176-178.
1980
Zimmet P, Taylor R, Whitehouse S. Diabetes - An index of modernisation in Pacific populations. Community Health Studies 1980; 4: 171-172.
2018
Morrell S, Gregory M, Sexton K, Wharton J, Sharma N, Taylor R. Absence of sustained breast cancer incidence inflation in a national mammography screening programme. Journal of Medical Screening. 26(1):26-34. 2018. https://doi.org/10.1177/0969141318775766.
Taylor R, Gregory M, Sexton K, Wharton J, Sharma N, Amoyal G, Morrell S. Breast cancer mortality and screening mammography in New Zealand: aggregate and incidence-linked analyses. Journal of Medical Screening. 26(1):35-43, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1177/0969141318776039.
2015
Stuart KE, Houssami N, Taylor R, Hayen A, Boyages J. Long-Term Outcomes of Ductal Carcinoma in Situ of the Breast: a Systematic Review, Meta-Analysis and Meta-Regression Analysis. BMC Cancer 2015; 15: 890.
Morrell S, Taylor R, Roder D, Robson B. Cohort and Case Control Analyses of Breast Cancer Mortality: BreastScreen Aotearoa 1999-2011. School of Public Health and Community Medicine (SPHCM), Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales (UNSW), Sydney, Australia; Centre for Population Health Research, University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia; University of Otago, Wellington, New Zealand. National Screening Unit, Ministry of Health, Wellington, New Zealand. December 2015.
2014
Fong J, Gyaneshwar R, Lin S, Morrell S, Taylor R, Brassil A, Stuart A, McGowan. Cervical screening using visual inspection with acetic acid (VIA) and treatment with cryotherapy in Fiji. Asian Pac Cancer Prev 2014; 15 (24): 10757-10762.
2013
Wilson L, Page A, Dunn N, Pandeya N, Protani M, Taylor R. Population attributable risk of modifiable risk factors associated with invasive breast cancer in women aged 45-69 years in Queensland, Australia. Maturitas 2013; 76(4): 370-376.
2012
Morrell S, Taylor R, Roder D, Dobson A. Mammography screening and breast cancer mortality in Australia: an aggregate cohort study. Journal of Medical Screening 2012; 19: 26-34.
Kuehn R, Fong J, Taylor R, Gyaneshwar R, Carter K. Cervical Cancer Incidence and Mortality in Fiji 2003-09. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology 2012; 52(4): 380-386.
2011
Tran NT, Taylor R, Choe SI, Pyo HS, Kim OS, So HC. Knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) concerning cervical cancer and screening among rural and urban female healthcare practitioners in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. Asia Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention 2011; 12: 3023-3028.
Tran NT, Choe SI, Taylor R, Ko WS, Pyo HS, So HC. Knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) concerning cervical cancer and screening among rural and urban women in six provinces of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. Asia Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention 2011; 12: 3029-3033.
2010
Coombs NJ, Cronin KA, Taylor RJ, Freedman AN, Boyages J. The impact of changes in hormone therapy on breast cancer incidence in the US population. Cancer Causes and Control 2010; 21: 83-90.
2009
BreastScreen Australia Evaluation. Mortality (Ecological) Study. Screening Monograph No. 4/2009. Investigating Team: Taylor R, Morrell S, Roder D. Australian Government, Department of Health and Aging (DoHA). ISBN: 978-1-74241-012-8. Online ISBN: 978-1-74241-013-5. Publications Number: P3-6042. May 2009.
Randall D, Morrell S, Taylor R, Hung WT. Annual or biennial mammography screening for women at a higher risk with a family history of breast cancer: prognostic indicators of screen-detected cancers in New South Wales, Australia. Cancer Causes Control 2009; 20: 559–566.
2007
Taylor R, Najafi F, Dobson A. Meta-analysis of studies of passive smoking and lung cancer: effects of study type and continent. International Journal of Epidemiology 2007; 36(5): 1048.
2006
Taylor R, Morrell S, Mamoon H, Wain G, Ross J. Decline in cervical cancer incidence and mortality in New South Wales in relation to control activities (Australia). Cancer Causes and Control 2006; 17(3): 299-306.
Chiu C, Morrell S, Page A, Rickard M, Brassil A, Taylor R. Population-based Mammography Screening and Breast Cancer Incidence in New South Wales, Australia. Cancer Causes and Control 2006; 17: 153-160.
Page A, Morrell S, Chiu C, Taylor R, Tewson R. Recruitment to mammography screening: A randomised trial and meta-analysis of invitation letters and telephone calls. Australia and New Zealand Journal of Public Health 2006; 30(2): 111-118.
Ha TC, Lyons-Wall PM, Moore DE, Tattam BN, Boyages J, Ung OA, Taylor RJ. Phytoestrogens and indicators of breast cancer prognosis. Nutrition and Cancer 2006; 56(1): 3-10.
2005
Coombs N, Taylor R, Wilcken N, Boyages J. Hormone replacement therapy and breast cancer: estimate of risk. British Medical Journal 2005; 331: 347-349.
Coombs N, Taylor R, Wilcken N, Boyages J. HRT and breast cancer: Impact on population risk and incidence. European Journal of Cancer 2005; 41: 1775-1781.
2004
Taylor R, Morrell S, Rickard M, Estoesta J. Mammography screening and breast cancer mortality in NSW. Cancer Causes and Control 2004; 15: 543-550.
2003
Taylor R, Morrell SL, Mammon HA, MaCansh S, Ross J and Wain GV. Cervical Cancer Screening in a Vietnamese Nominal Cohort. Ethnicity and Health 2003; 8(3): 251-261.
2001
Taylor R, Cummins R, Woodward A, Black M. Passive smoking and lung cancer: a cumulative meta-analysis. Australia and New Zealand Journal of Public Health 2001; 25(3): 203-211.
1996
Smith D, Taylor R, Coates M. Socio-economic differentials in cancer incidence and mortality in NSW. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health 1996; 20(2): 129-137.
1993
Taylor R. Estimation of tobacco-induced mortality from readily available information. Tobacco Control 1993 2: 18-23.
1983
Taylor R, Parker M, Ansford A, Davidson A. Cancer in Solomon Islands 1970-82. Papua New Guinea Medical Journal 1983; 26(2): 102-110.
2018
Anwar J, Torvaldsen S, Sheikh M, Taylor R. Under-estimation of maternal and perinatal mortality revealed by an enhanced surveillance system: enumerating all births and deaths in Pakistan. BMC Public Health. 18:428. April 2018. doi: 10.1186/s12889-018-5363-3.
2017
Linhart C, Tukana I, Lin S, Taylor R, Morrell S, Vatucawaqa P, Magliano DJ, Zimmet P. Declines and plateaux in smoking prevalence over three decades in Fiji. Nicotine and Tobacco Research, 2017, 1–7. doi: 10.1093/ntr/ntw292
Objectives:To examine trends from 1980 to 2011 in daily tobacco smoking by sex, ethnicity, age, and urban/rural in Fiji Melanesian (i-Taukei) and Indian adults aged 25–64 years.
Linhart C, Naseri, T, Lin S, Taylor R, Morrell S, McGarvey ST, Magliano DJ, Zimmet P. Linhart C, Naseri T, Lin S, Taylor R, Morrell S, McGarvey ST, Magliano DJ, Zimmet P. Tobacco smoking trends in Samoa over four decades: Can continued globalization rectify that which it has wrought? Globalization and Health 2017; 13(1): 31.
Background: The island country of Samoa (population 188,000 in 2011) forms part of Polynesia in the South Pacific. Over the past several decades Samoa has experienced exceptional modernization and globalization of many sectors of society, with noncommunicable diseases (NCD) now the leading cause of morbidity and mortality. The evolution of risk factor prevalence underpinning the increase in NCDs, however, has not been well described, including tobacco smoking which is related to cardiovascular disease, lung cancer, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
Methods: The present study examines tobacco smoking in relation to different forms and effects of globalization in Samoa using 7 population-based surveys (n = 9223) over 1978-2013.
Results: The prevalence of daily tobacco smoking steadily decreased over 1978-2013 from 76% to 36% in men, and from 27% to 15% in women (p < 0.0001 both sexes). During 1991-2013, current tobacco smoking also steadily decreased from 64% to 40% in men (p < 0.0001), and from 21% to 17% in women (p < 0.05). Declines were similar in younger (25-44 years) and older (45-64 years) men and women. Colonial globalization facilitated the introduction and prolific spread of tobacco trade and consumption in the Pacific Islands from the sixteenth century, with many populations inexorably pulled into trade relations and links to the global economy. It has also been a different globalization which may have led to the decline in smoking prevalence in Samoa in recent decades, through global dissemination since the 1950s of information on the harmful effects of tobacco smoking derived from research studies in the USA and Europe.
Conclusions: Over the past 35 years tobacco smoking has steadily declined among Samoan adults; the only NCD risk factor to demonstrate marked declines during this period. By 2013 tobacco smoking in women had decreased to levels similar to Australia and New Zealand (ANZ), however in men smoking prevalence remained more than three times higher than ANZ. The impact on smoking prevalence of the variety of tobacco control interventions that have been implemented so far in Samoa need to be evaluated in order to determine the most effective initiatives that should be prioritized and strengthened.
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