Study design As of June 2014, the INHANCE Consortium (http://www. inhance. utah. edu/)
had pooled data from 35 casecontrol studies of HNC (data version 1.5). Information about …

Background: Oral cancer combined with the other cancers of the head and neck region
constitute the sixth most common cancer in the world. Oral cancer is a major public health …

Executive summary There is evidence to show that the frequency of betel nut use is
increasing in the Western Pacific Region and that its use is more frequently associated with …

Wyss et al. reported that ever use of snuff among never cigarette smokers was associated
with head and neck cancer (odds ratio (OR)= 1.71, 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.08, 2.70) …

Background During the past ten years the sale of snuff in Norway has increased, while the
sale of smoking tobacco has declined. This has happened parallel to the introduction of …

Introduction: Brand of smokeless tobacco was added to the most recent Tobacco Use
Supplement to the Current Population Survey (TUS-CPS), but deleted from the Centers for …

Background The carcinogenicity of tobacco and areca nut is well established worldwide.
Areca nut is the fourth most common psychoactive substance identified recently. The effects …

Smokeless tobacco products have existed for centuries and vary significantly across
geographical regions. The constituents found in each smokeless tobacco product depends …

Background: Smokeless tobacco is of increasing interest to public health researchers and
policy makers. This study aims to measure prevalence of smokeless tobacco use (nasal dry …

Introduction: With an annual increase of 16000 new cases each year, oral cancer is the
second most common cancer in Pakistan. There is conflicting evidence regarding the …