Table 1.

Methods used in calculating the Smoking Attributable Mortality (SAM) by location and date of study

Ref	Location/ Year of study	Method used	Age range	Source of data
[21]	Canada, 2001	SAMMEC	>35	Canadian community health survey;
				Mortality registry
[22]	Brezil, 2003	SAMMEC	>35	Brazilian mortality system;
				Household survey on NCD risk factors
[23]	Israel 2003	SAMMEC	>35	National smoking prevalence data;
				National mortality data survey
[24]	Portugal 2005	SAMMEC	>35	National heath enquiries
[25]	USA, 2005	SAMMEC	>35	National center for health statistics’ and US mortality data
[26]	Taiwan, 2001	SAMMEC	>30	National health interview survey;
				Official projection of number of deaths
[35]	China, 1998	Case	>40	Official death certificates;
				Disease surveillance points
[33]	India 2003	Case	>25	Case control survey among mal
[34]	Hong kong 2004	Case	>35	Death registry
[37]	South Africa 2004	Case	>35	The South African death notification system
[40]	World 2003	SIR	>30	WHO GB database
[13]	World 2005	SIR	>30	WHO GB database cardiovascular