World No Tobacco Day: Cancer to infertility; how consuming tobacco can take a toll on your health
2 years, 6 months ago

World No Tobacco Day: Cancer to infertility; how consuming tobacco can take a toll on your health

Hindustan Times  

World No Tobacco Day 2022: Every year more than 8 million people die of tobacco consumption according to WHO yet tobacco consumption continues to rapidly increase among people of all age groups in the country. World No Tobacco Day is observed across the globe every year on May 31 to spread awareness around the risks of tobacco consumption. On the occasion of World No Tobacco Day, Dr. ChandraVeer Singh, a consultant otorhinolaryngologist, and head and neck onco surgeon, Wockhardt Hospitals Mira Road, talks about the ill effects of tobacco on one’s health and also the need of quitting tobacco in every form to lead a disease-free life. The most prevalent form of tobacco use in the country is smokeless tobacco and commonly used products are khaini, gutkha, betel quid with tobacco, and zarda," says Dr Singh.

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World No Tobacco Day: Despite fears of cancer, infertility there's no end to smoking or chewing nicotine
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Hindustan Times  

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Deccan Chronicle  

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