Open AccessRegulation of toxic contents of smokeless tobacco products
Author(s) -
Amit Kumar,
Deeksha Bhartiya,
Jasmine Kaur,
Suchitra Kumari,
Harpreet Singh,
Deepika Saraf,
Dhirendra N Sinha,
Ravi Mehrotra
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
indian journal of medical research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.578
H-Index - 87
ISSN - 0971-5916
DOI - 10.4103/ijmr.ijmr_2025_17
Subject(s) - smokeless tobacco , tobacco product , nicotine , toxicology , pyrene , food science , environmental health , chemistry , business , medicine , tobacco use , biology , organic chemistry , population
Effective regulation of contents of tobacco products is one of the primary milestones to reduce negative health effects associated with the use of smokeless tobacco (SLT) products. As per the available sources, testing of some SLT products has been done on ad hoc basis, but there is a lack of comprehensive and periodic analysis of these products. In addition, the available results indicate huge variations among the levels of pH, 4-(methylnitrosamino)-1-(3-pyridyl)-1-butanone, N-nitrosonornicotine, benzo[a]pyrene, heavy metals and nicotine within different products as well as within different brands of the same product. This review was aimed to throw light on the variations and gaps in testing of SLT products and emphasize the need for strong policy regulation for monitoring the chemical constituents of these products.