Open AccessTobacco cessation center in a dental college: An 8 year institution-based study
Author(s) -
Ruta Gupta,
Nikhil Srivastava,
Sumit Goel,
Nagaraju Kamarthi,
Sangeeta Malik,
Archana Sharma,
Khushboo Bhalla
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
journal of cancer research and therapeutics/journal of cancer research and therapeutics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.475
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 0973-1482
pISSN - 1998-4138
DOI - 10.4103/jcrt.jcrt_22_22
Subject(s) - medicine , family medicine , smoking cessation , intervention (counseling) , psychiatry , pathology
Oral cancer is a major health concern in the Indian subcontinent, where it ranks among the top three types of cancer in the country. Tobacco and its products have been implicated as a major etiologic factor behind cancers. It is believed that tobacco is an epidemic in itself taking the death toll to 7 million globally. In India alone, mortality because of tobacco is more than 1.3 million. Dentists are the first to notice any change in the oral cavity or come across any suspicious looking oral lesion and therefore are instrumental in primary prevention and care.