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Smokeless tobacco industry’s brand stretching in India

Tobacco Control, 2020
Smokeless tobacco (SLT) is a global public health concern because it is used in 140 countries.1 The 200 million SLT users in India represent about two-thirds of the global SLT users; India continues to be the leading SLT producer and consumer.2 Every ...
Amit Yadav, P. Ling, S. Glantz
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Systemic Disease Associations of Oral Lichenoid Disease: A Retrospective Case–Control Study

Oral Diseases, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To analyze the association between oral lichen planus (OLP), oral lichenoid lesions (OLL), and other comorbidities. Material and Methods A case–control study of 205 OLP, 96 OLL patients, and 301 age‐ and sex‐matched controls from Kuopio University Hospital was performed.
Mari Vehviläinen, Tuomas Selander, Tuula Salo, Maria Siponen   +3 more
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Smokeless tobacco control in 180 countries across the globe: call to action for full implementation of WHO FCTC measures.

The Lancet Oncology, 2019
Smokeless tobacco is consumed by 356 million people globally and is a leading cause of head and neck cancers. However, global efforts to control smokeless tobacco use trail behind the progress made in curbing cigarette consumption. In this Policy Review,
R. Mehrotra, Amit Yadav, D. Sinha, M. Parascandola, R. John, O. Ayo-Yusuf, N. Nargis, D. Hatsukami, S. Warnakulasuriya, K. Straif, K. Siddiqi, Prakash C. Gupta   +11 more
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Severity of Betel Quid Use Disorders (BUD) Among Adult Indian Betel Quid Chewers

Oral Diseases, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Oral cancer is a major public health problem in India, with the highest number of cases and deaths in the world, and Betel Quid (BQ) chewing is responsible for almost 50% of cases. BQ Use Disorder (BUD) prevalence and severity have never been investigated among Indian BQ chewers.
Stefano Petti, Roopa Shamsundar Rao, Pallavi Deshmukh, Sowmya Gujjar Vishnu Rao, Ashok Lingappa, Krishna Sireesha Sundaragiri, Chandni Shekhawat, Tejavathi Nagaraj, Surendra Lakshminarayana, Saman Warnakulasuriya   +9 more
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Predictors of intention to quit smokeless tobacco among adults in pastoral communities of Borena Zone, South Ethiopia

Tobacco Induced Diseases, 2018
Background Smokeless tobacco (SLT) covers various types of tobacco products used in un-burnt form mainly orally or nasally worldwide. Smokeless tobacco products contain nicotine, which is addictive and contains over 30 carcinogens.
Edao Etu, Mamusha Hussen
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Heterogeneous Oral Health Outcomes by Combustible Cigarette Smoking, E‐Cigarette Use and Dual Use: A Cross‐Sectional Population‐Based Analysis

Oral Diseases, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Combustible cigarette smoking is a well‐established risk factor for poor oral health, but the implications of e‐cigarette use and dual use remain uncertain. Distinguishing the effects of vaping from the lingering consequences of prior smoking is a persistent challenge in the literature. Objectives To assess how distinct nicotine use
Yusuff Adebayo Adebisi, Najim Z. Alshahrani, Mohammed Moshabbab Alqahtani, Roqayya Mohammed Ahmed Alhayyani, Mona Majrashi, Anas Ali Alhur, Waleed Almutairi, Oshibe Joseph Daberechi, Isaac Olushola Ogunkola   +8 more
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Patterns of use and perceptions of harm of smokeless tobacco in Navi Mumbai, India and Dhaka, Bangladesh

Indian Journal of Community Medicine, 2016
Background: Globally, smokeless tobacco use is disproportionately concentrated in low-income and middle-income countries like India and Bangladesh. Objectives: The current study examined comparative patterns of use and perceptions of harm for different ...
Seema Mutti, Jessica L Reid, Prakash C Gupta, Mangesh S Pednekar, Gauri Dhumal, Nigar Nargis, AKM Ghulam Hussain, David Hammond   +7 more
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Prevalence and determinants of tobacco use in India: evidence from recent Global Adult Tobacco Survey data. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2014
BACKGROUND: Tobacco use in India is characterized by a high prevalence of smoking and smokeless tobacco use, with dual use also contributing a noticeable proportion.
Akansha Singh, Laishram Ladusingh
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Oral Lesions and Dental Status in Individuals Using Oral Tobacco‐Free Nicotine Pouches

Oral Diseases, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objectives Users of Swedish nicotine pouches and traditional oral tobacco‐derived pouches were compared to non‐users for clinical tissue responses and oral health status. In addition, the habits associated with snus use were also evaluated. Material and Methods In this cross‐sectional study, participants aged 18–30 were recruited from nine ...
Masoumeh Daneshian, Lars Fredriksson, Pia Skott, Karin Garming Legert   +3 more
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Per‐ and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) Exposure Profiles and Their Predictors in a Study of US Volunteer Firefighters

American Journal of Industrial Medicine, Volume 69, Issue 9, Page 745-764, September 2026.
ABSTRACT Introduction Firefighters may experience occupational exposure to per‐ and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). Volunteer firefighters make up 65% of the US fire service, but their serum PFAS profiles have not been well characterized. This study aims to (1) describe PFAS serum profiles among US volunteer firefighters from 9 states enrolled in ...
Katherine A. Lubina, Zorimar Rivera‐Núñez, Miriam M. Calkins, Robert Laumbach, Shou‐En Lu, Jefferey L. Burgess, Elena Austin, Derrick L. Edwards, Maria D. H. Koeppel, Jaclyn M. Goodrich, Zhihua (Tina) Fan, Chang Ho Yu, Kaleigh M. Hinton, Casey C. Grant, Brian Kubiel, Daniel Roy, Judith M. Graber   +16 more
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