Open AccessTOBACCO WATER - HIDDEN KILLER IN THE NORTH EAST INDIA!
Author(s) -
Priscilla C Ngaihte,
Eric Zomawia,
Iti Kaushik
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
innovative journal of medical and health science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2589-9341
pISSN - 2277-4939
DOI - 10.15520/ijmhs.v8i12.2365
Subject(s) - lakh , smokeless tobacco , public health , tobacco use , environmental health , medicine , socioeconomics , geography , population , sociology , nursing , archaeology , agriculture
Usage of tobacco is a global epidemic regardless of age and sex, and all the nitty-gritty of its harmfulness has been documented, taught and spread to every nook and cranny, it is still being considered a social status as a ‘cool quotient’ especially in youth. While, 8-9 lakh deaths every year in India are attributed to have caused by tobacco in varied forms, having a significant implication in the nation’s public health, the use of smokeless tobacco, highly prevalent in India - accounting for 74 percent of the global burden, and exceeds cigarette smoking in both men and women, is to be worried much about too.