CURRENT TRENDS OF TOBACCO CONSUMPTION IN NORTH INDIA: A DETAILED SURVEY

Abstract

Background: Oral Cancer is emerging as the most common type of cancer. Its aspects were tried to be studied on the basis of the results obtained from health camps. Objectives: To perform a detailed survey of Oral cancer spread in Kanpur zone irrespective of the causative factors behind it. Methods: The data were collected on the basis of the age groups, reasons behind the addiction, years of tobacco consumption, profession of the people addicted and the forms of tobacco in which it is consumed. Result: It was observed that the tobacco is consumed majorly in the form of gutkhas, mostly by the manual labour and the unemployed people. Stress is the major reason found behind it. Conclusion: People should be made educated and aware regarding the ill effects caused by tobacco on health.