Understanding pattern and trends in use of tobacco in India.
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2014-01
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Tobacco smoking has been in vogue for hundreds of years. With the
spread of tobacco to Europe and other parts of the world from the
sixteenth century, tobacco smoking soon gained popularity in India.
Tobacco consumption is responsible for half of all the cancers in men and
a quarter of all cancers in women in India.' This is in addition to being a
risk factor for cardiovascular diseases and chronic obstructive
pulmonary diseases.2 3 India also has one of the highest rates of oral
cancer in the world, partly attributed to high preva lence of tobacco
chewing.4-7The World Health Organization predicts that tobacco deaths
in India may exceed I .5 million annually by 2020. 8 It has been observed
that a signi6cant rural-urban-slum-urban gradient for tobacco use
among men as well as women exists in India. There are different, and
opposing, trends for use of smoked tobacco (more in rural areas) and
smokeless tobacco (more in urban area) among men. However it has
been observed that among women, the consumption of smokeless
tobacco does not vary significantly.
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Bhardwaj Ashok Kumar, Raina Sunil Kumar. Understanding pattern and trends in use of tobacco in India. Sub-Himalayan Journal of Health Research. 2014 Jan-June; 1(1): 1-3.