A review of tobacco abuse and its epidemiological consequences

MO Omare, JK Kibet, JK Cherutoi, FO Kengara - Journal of Public Health, 2021 - Springer
Aim The economic burden caused by death and disease in the world is credited mainly to
tobacco use—currently linked to approximately 8,000,000 deaths per year with …

Oral cancer risk assessment for different types of smokeless tobacco products sold worldwide: A review of reviews and meta-analyses

AK Gupta, M Kanaan, K Siddiqi, DN Sinha… - Cancer Prevention …, 2022 - AACR
Smokeless tobacco (SLT) use is a significant cause of lip and oral cavity cancers. Globally,
oral cancer prevalence is strongly linked to the types of tobacco products used, their …

Cancer in Lahore, Pakistan, 2010–2019: an incidence study

F Badar, S Mahmood - BMJ open, 2023 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objectives To study the cancer incidence rates over 10 years (2010–2019), in Lahore,
Pakistan. Design An incidence study. Setting The population-based Punjab Cancer Registry …

[PDF][PDF] National cancer registry of Pakistan: first comprehensive report of cancer statistics 2015-2019

A Ikram, S Pervez, MT Khadim, M Sohaib… - J Coll Physicians …, 2023 - researchgate.net
Ob ective: o compile a comprehensive national cancer registry report of Pakistan by merging
and analysing cancer registration data received from ma or functional cancer registries in …

[HTML][HTML] Association of smokeless tobacco with oral cancer: A review of systematic reviews

S Asthana, P Vohra, S Labani - Tobacco prevention & cessation, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
METHODS A comprehensive literature search was done on various databases (PubMed,
Google Scholar, IndMED, and TOXLINE) by two of the authors independently. Both …

Global burden of oral cancer in 2022 attributable to smokeless tobacco and areca nut consumption: a population attributable fraction analysis

H Rumgay, ST Nethan, R Shah, J Vignat… - The Lancet …, 2024 - thelancet.com
Background Consuming products that contain smokeless tobacco or areca nut increases the
risk of oral cancer. We aimed to estimate the burden of oral cancer attributable to smokeless …

Health risk assessment of lead and cadmium exposure from food and snuff in Pakistani population

H Shafiq, M Amir, S Asghar, A Hameed… - Journal of Trace Elements …, 2024 - Elsevier
Background Smokeless tobacco (SLT) is a tobacco-based product consumed without
burning or smoking. Snuff, commonly known as naswar, is a widely used SLT product in …

[HTML][HTML] Cancer care in times of conflict: cross border care in Pakistan of patients from Afghanistan

MA Yusuf, SF Hussain, F Sultan, F Badar… - …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Armed conflict in Afghanistan has continued for close to 40 years and has devastated its
health infrastructure. The lack of a cancer care infrastructure has meant that many Afghans …

Smokeless Tobacco Cessation Support in Dental Hospitals in Pakistan: dentists and Dental patients' perspectives on current practices, support needed, and …

S Rasool, F Dobbie, F Ahmad, Z Khan… - Nicotine and …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Introduction Despite evidence on the effectiveness of tobacco cessation interventions in
dental settings, the implementation remains low, especially for smokeless tobacco (ST). The …

The association between smoking and smokeless tobacco use with dental caries among Pakistani patients

MA Khan, T Vichayanrat, Y Ngoenwiwatkul - BMC Oral Health, 2024 - Springer
Background Tobacco use is widely recognised as a significant risk factor for oral cancer and
periodontal diseases. However, the relationship between various types of tobacco use and …