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The Times of Humanity I www.thetimesofhumanity I February 5, 2019 I Volume -2 Issue - 2

Of the more than 6 million tobacco- consumed by the poor. Bidis alone

related deaths every year across the contributed to 5.8 lakh deaths in the

world, one-sixth occur in India alone. country in 2011.
Experts see the total tobacco-related
Though the ill-effects of tobacco
deaths rising to 8 million by 2030.
addiction are well-known, its

Tobacco use has been associated with consumption hasn't gone down. As per
rising incidents of tuberculosis, data, tobacco causes one death every

homicide, suicide, heart ailments, six second.

strokes, bronchitis, delayed healing of
Tobacco doesn't harm the individual
wounds, infertility, and peptic ulcer,
alone, but also affects national
among other diseases among others.
economies through increased

In India alone, every third adult healthcare costs and decreased
consumes some form of tobacco. Bidis productivity. It worsens health

are the most commonly consumed inequalities and exacerbates poverty,

tobacco product and are primarily says a TOI report.

According to a report by the Indian India. Mouth cancer is most common

Council of Medical Research (ICMR), among men followed by lung cancer.

tobacco accounts for about 30 percent Tobacco-related cancer
of all cancers in men and women in

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