Department of Health Policy, School of Public Health and Health Services, George Washington University, Washington, DC 20006, USA.
Am J Public Health. 2013 Mar;103(3):443-7. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2012.300926. Epub 2013 Jan 17.
Exposure to radon is the second leading cause of lung cancer, and the risk is significantly higher for smokers than for nonsmokers. More than 85% of radon-induced lung cancer deaths are among smokers. The most powerful approach for reducing the public health burden of radon is shaped by 2 overarching principles: public communication efforts that promote residential radon testing and remediation will be the most cost effective if they are primarily directed at current and former smokers; and focusing on smoking prevention and cessation is the optimal strategy for reducing radon-induced lung cancer in terms of both public health gains and economic efficiency. Tobacco control policy is the most promising route to the public health goals of radon control policy.
氡暴露是肺癌的第二大主要病因，吸烟者患肺癌的风险明显高于非吸烟者。超过 85%的氡致肺癌死亡发生在吸烟者中。减少氡对公众健康危害的最有效方法是基于两个总体原则：促进住宅氡检测和补救的公共宣传工作，如果主要针对当前和以前的吸烟者，将是最具成本效益的；并且，就公共卫生收益和经济效益而言，专注于预防和戒烟是减少氡致肺癌的最佳策略。烟草控制政策是实现氡控制政策公共卫生目标的最有前途的途径。
