TY - JOUR AU - Guo, Su-Er AU - Huang, Tung-Jung AU - Huang, Jui-Chu AU - Lin, Ming-Shyan AU - Hong, Rei-Mei AU - Chang, Chia-Hao AU - Chen, Mei-Yen PY - 2013 DA - 2013/03/21 TI - Alcohol, betel-nut and cigarette consumption are negatively associated with health promoting behaviors in Taiwan: A cross-sectional study JO - BMC Public Health SP - 257 VL - 13 IS - 1 AB - Oral cancer is the 2nd most common cause of death due to cancer in the south-western coastal region of Taiwan; the standardized mortality of oral cancer is higher than elsewhere in the world. According to the evidence, alcohol, betel-nut and cigarette (ABC) consumption cause oral, nasopharyngeal and related cancers. This study describes the relationships between ABC consumers and health promoting behaviors among community adults living around an area with a high prevalence of oral cancer. SN - 1471-2458 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-13-257 DO - 10.1186/1471-2458-13-257 ID - Guo2013 ER -