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Abhijeet S
Backlash of the Industry
Tobacco is found to be the major reason for morbidity and mortality among middle-aged adults. Four million unnecessary deaths per year, 11,000 every day—it is rare, if not impossible to find examples
in history that match tobacco’s programmed trail of death and destruction. If current growth rates continue, by 2020, tobacco use will be responsible for about 10% of the global burden of disease. By then, we can expect over four million additional deaths caused by tobacco.
In India, an estimated 12 million cases a year of cancer, heart disease, lung ailments and respiratory infections are directly attributed to tobacco use and could be avoided. Cancer statistics from India indicate that nearly 50 percent of cancer cases in men and 25 percent in women are related to tobacco use. Two-thirds of cancer cases among men and nearly half among women are attributed to tobacco use.
It is estimated very modestly that 900,000 people die every year and 2200 persons die every day. A survey by the Indian Medical Association show that in India everyday there are 5500 new recruits to smoking However in Indian villages 95% population uses local bidi, Khaini, gurakhu etc. The incidents of oral cancer are very high indeed.
"What has been observed in countries like India where they use them widely, the rates of lung cancer and throat cancer and mouth cancer are as high or higher for smokers of Bidi cigarettes compared to commercial cigarettes," Benowitz said
In fact, where there's smoke, there's danger. Researchers from the National Institute of Drug Abuse (NIDA) reported in December 2002 that smoke from bidis which is largely consumed in rural areas is no safer -- and may be more dangerous -- than that of conventional filter cigarettes. .
Passive smoke is also an important women’s issue. In the Asian region where, on average, more than 60% of men are smokers, this means millions of women and children suffer from passive smoking. New evidence shows that parental smoking contributes to higher rates of sudden infant death syndrome as well as asthma, bronchitis, colds and pneumonia in children.
Tobacco is found to be the major reason for morbidity and mortality among middle-aged adults. Four million unnecessary deaths per year, 11,000 every day—it is rare, if not impossible to find examples
in history that match tobacco’s programmed trail of death and destruction. If current growth rates continue, by 2020, tobacco use will be responsible for about 10% of the global burden of disease. By then, we can expect over four million additional deaths caused by tobacco.
In India, an estimated 12 million cases a year of cancer, heart disease, lung ailments and respiratory infections are directly attributed to tobacco use and could be avoided. Cancer statistics from India indicate that nearly 50 percent of cancer cases in men and 25 percent in women are related to tobacco use. Two-thirds of cancer cases among men and nearly half among women are attributed to tobacco use.
It is estimated very modestly that 900,000 people die every year and 2200 persons die every day. A survey by the Indian Medical Association show that in India everyday there are 5500 new recruits to smoking However in Indian villages 95% population uses local bidi, Khaini, gurakhu etc. The incidents of oral cancer are very high indeed.
"What has been observed in countries like India where they use them widely, the rates of lung cancer and throat cancer and mouth cancer are as high or higher for smokers of Bidi cigarettes compared to commercial cigarettes," Benowitz said
In fact, where there's smoke, there's danger. Researchers from the National Institute of Drug Abuse (NIDA) reported in December 2002 that smoke from bidis which is largely consumed in rural areas is no safer -- and may be more dangerous -- than that of conventional filter cigarettes. .
Passive smoke is also an important women’s issue. In the Asian region where, on average, more than 60% of men are smokers, this means millions of women and children suffer from passive smoking. New evidence shows that parental smoking contributes to higher rates of sudden infant death syndrome as well as asthma, bronchitis, colds and pneumonia in children.