Open AccessClinico-epidemiological profile of tobacco users attending a tobacco cessation clinic in a teaching hospital in Bangalore city
Author(s) -
George D’Souza,
Dorothy P Rekha,
Priya Sreedaran,
Krishnamachari Srinivasan,
Prem Mony
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
lung india
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.457
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 0974-598X
pISSN - 0970-2113
DOI - 10.4103/0970-2113.95314
Subject(s) - medicine , smoking cessation , epidemiology , nicotine replacement therapy , disease , family history , nicotine , family medicine , pediatrics , pathology
Tobacco-attributable mortality in India is estimated to be at least 10%. Tobacco cessation is more likely to avert millions of deaths before 2050 than prevention of tobacco use initiation.