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Frontiers in Public Health, 2023 BackgroundMore than two-thirds of deaths in developing countries are due to non-communicable diseases, and tobacco is a leading risk factor. There are numerous different socio-demographic factors that impact on the use of smokeless tobacco, of which ...
Bhavna Bharati +2 more
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Factors associated with dependence on smokeless tobacco, Navi Mumbai, India
Heliyon, 2019 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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Journal of Health Technology Assessment in Midwifery, 2023 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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Industrial Psychiatry Journal, 2017 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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Tobacco chewing and associated factors among a vulnerable youth population in Sri Lanka
BMC Public Health, 2022 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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Tobacco Induced Diseases, 2018 Background This paper evaluates the coverage and quality of global implementation of Article 11 of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC), for Cigarettes (CIG) and Smokeless Tobacco (SLT).
Shekhar Grover +3 more
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Smokeless tobacco use and dental care utilization, using a National dataset
Addictive Behaviors Reports, 2022 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
Tobacco Induced Diseases, 2018 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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The Risk of Hypertension and Other Chronic Diseases: Comparing Smokeless Tobacco with Smoking
Frontiers in Public Health, 2017 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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BMC Medicine, 2022 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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