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India is one of the largest smokeless tobacco consumers globally, leading to devastating health consequences. However, smokeless tobacco still remains poorly understood.
Neha Mehta
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Tobacco chewing and associated factors among a vulnerable youth population in Sri Lanka
Background Tobacco in any form kills millions of people every year. Tobacco addiction among youth shows an increasing trend while smokeless type is becoming more common.
Manori Dhanapriyanka +3 more
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Factors associated with dependence on smokeless tobacco, Navi Mumbai, India
Objective: Nearly 300 million people in India use some type of tobacco product, with about 60% of those using smokeless tobacco. Smokeless tobacco use has been associated with a number adverse health outcomes in India and across South Asia.
Apoorva Salvi +3 more
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Background: Anti-tobacco policies are focused on curbing smoking. Less attention is given to the use of smokeless tobacco use. This raises the concern whether these policies lead to increased use of smokeless tobacco use. The present study addresses this
Diptarka Karmakar, Amitav Banerjee
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Smokeless tobacco use and dental care utilization, using a National dataset
Background: Smokeless tobacco use has serious oral health consequences. The purpose of this current research is to determine the level of dental care utilization among individuals with smokeless tobacco use as compared with individuals who do not use ...
R. Constance Wiener
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Smoking and smokeless tobacco use among urban women and men In Nepal
Background Tobacco consumption causes diseases and can lead to death. Every year 16,000 deaths are attributable to tobacco smoking and smokeless tobacco in Nepal.
Bikesh Bajracharya
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Unpacking commercial sector opposition to European smoke-free policy: lack of unity, 'fear of association' and harm reduction debates [PDF]
Objective: Tobacco companies have made extensive efforts to build alliances against comprehensive smoke-free legislation. This article analyses the interaction between actors who opposed the development of the European Council Recommendation on smoke ...
Amos, Amanda +2 more
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Smokeless tobacco and cardiovascular disease in low and middle income countries
Smoking is an important cardiovascular risk factor, however, use of smokeless tobacco has not been well studied. Smokeless tobacco use is high in countries of South and Southeast Asia, Africa and Northern Europe.
Rajeev Gupta, Nishant Gupta, R.S. Khedar
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The Risk of Hypertension and Other Chronic Diseases: Comparing Smokeless Tobacco with Smoking
BackgroundIn the past, studies have compared smokeless tobacco and non-tobacco users for the risk of various chronic diseases. The differences in the risk of chronic diseases between smokeless tobacco user and smokers have not been explored.
Ankit Anand, Md Illias Kanchan Sk
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Background Smokeless tobacco use is popular in some regions worldwide, but it receives less attention compared to cigarette smoking. We aimed to estimate the recent prevalence of, and trends in, smokeless tobacco use and to examine its associated factors
Hui Yang +4 more
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