Smoking should be mentioned as cause of death on death certificates.
1998
L Robinson, and
J Spencer, and
R Stacy, and
R Bhopal
UI
MeSH Term
Description
Entries
D002423
Cause of Death
Factors which produce cessation of all vital bodily functions. They can be analyzed from an epidemiologic viewpoint.
Causes of Death,Death Cause,Death Causes
D003644
Death Certificates
Official records of individual deaths including the cause of death certified by a physician, and any other required identifying information.
Death Records,Certificate, Death,Certificates, Death,Death Certificate,Death Record,Record, Death,Records, Death
D006113
United Kingdom
Country in northwestern Europe including Great Britain and the northern one-sixth of the island of Ireland, located between the North Sea and north Atlantic Ocean. The capital is London.
Great Britain,Isle of Man
D006801
Humans
Members of the species Homo sapiens.
Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D012907
Smoking
Willful or deliberate act of inhaling and exhaling SMOKE from burning substances or agents held by hand.