Background and objectives: Despite reductions in prevalence in recent years, tobacco
smoking remains one of the main preventable causes of ill-health and premature death …

People diagnosed with malignant neoplasms often feel afraid and alone. However, cancer is
largely an avoidable disease, and studies have shown that more than two-thirds of cancer …

Background Data on the incidence, mortality, and other burden of oral cancer as well as
their secular trends are necessary to provide policy‐makers with the information needed to …

Background: To provide valid assessments of answers to prognostic questions, systematic
reviews must appraise the quality of the available evidence. However, no standard quality …

The purpose of this paper is to review the epidemiologic evidence for the effects of tobacco
use and tobacco use cessation on a variety of oral diseases and conditions. Exposures …

Introduction Smokeless tobacco products have been linked to precancerous and cancers of
oral cavity for long. Evidence was available on the association between smokeless tobacco …

Background Smokeless tobacco is consumed in most countries in the world. In view of its
widespread use and increasing awareness of the associated risks, there is a need for a …

This paper will review the epidemiology of the impact of cigarette smoking and other forms of
tobacco exposure on human development. Sources of exposure described include …

Objective: To review the evidence on the effects of moist smokeless tobacco (snus) on
smoking and ill health in Sweden. Method: Narrative review of published papers and other …

BACKGROUND: Previous evidence synthesis has suggested diabetes mellitus (DM)
worsens tuberculosis (TB) treatment outcomes. However, these reviews are limited by the …