Open AccessAssessing the nicotine content of smoked and smokeless forms of Tobacco Available in Bhopal
Author(s) -
HV Amith,
Deepali Agrawal,
Abhishek Gupta,
Tarani Prakash Shrivastava,
Bharathi Purohit,
Garima Bhambhani
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
indian journal of dental research/indian journal of dental research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.277
H-Index - 43
eISSN - 1998-3603
pISSN - 0970-9290
DOI - 10.4103/ijdr.ijdr_664_16
Subject(s) - smokeless tobacco , nicotine , tobacco use , traditional medicine , medicine , environmental health , population
Abuse of tobacco, such as drug and alcohol abuse, is a worldwide public health problem. Once a person is addicted to nicotine, quitting smoking is difficult. A measure of the addictive potential of tobacco products is the amount of nicotine available from them. The present study is an attempt to assess the nicotine content of tobacco products available in Bhopal.