Genetic etiology of oral cancer

J Ali, B Sabiha, HU Jan, SA Haider, AA Khan, SS Ali - Oral oncology, 2017 - Elsevier
Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) is the sixth most common cancer
worldwide. It accounts for 2.5% of all new cancer cases and 1.9% of all cancer deaths …

Smokeless tobacco and public health in Bangladesh

R Huque, MM Zaman, SM Huq… - Indian journal of public …, 2017 - journals.lww.com
Despite the high prevalence of smokeless tobacco (SLT) use among adults in Bangladesh,
SLT was not included in the Tobacco Control Law till 2013. Information on SLT use among …

Disparities in smokeless tobacco use in Bangladesh, India, and Pakistan: findings from the global adult tobacco survey, 2014-2017

L Zhao, L Mbulo, E Twentyman, K Palipudi, BA King - Plos one, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Background Smokeless tobacco (SLT) use is associated with multiple adverse health
effects. It is prominent in Bangladesh, India, and Pakistan, but disparities in use within and …

Financial risk protection against noncommunicable diseases: trends and patterns in Bangladesh

T Rahman, D Gasbarro, K Alam - BMC Public Health, 2022 - Springer
Background Demographic and epidemiological transitions are changing the disease burden
from infectious to noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) in low-and middle-income countries …

Oral cancer via the bargain bin: The risk of oral cancer associated with a smokeless tobacco product (Naswar)

Z Khan, S Dreger, SMH Shah, H Pohlabeln, S Khan… - PloS one, 2017 - journals.plos.org
In the wake of smokeless tobacco (SLT) being advocated as a mean of tobacco harm
reduction, it is pertinent to establish individual health risks associated with each SLT …

Naswar (smokeless tobacco) use and the risk of oral cancer in Pakistan: a systematic review with meta-analysis

Z Khan, RA Suliankatchi, TL Heise… - Nicotine and Tobacco …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
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 …

Perceived effectiveness of text and pictorial health warnings for smokeless tobacco packages in Navi Mumbai, India, and Dhaka, Bangladesh: findings from an …

S Mutti, JL Reid, PC Gupta, MS Pednekar… - Tobacco …, 2016 - tobaccocontrol.bmj.com
Objective To examine the perceived effectiveness of text and pictorial smokeless tobacco
health warnings in India and Bangladesh, including different types of message content …

Common assumptions in tobacco control that may not hold true for South-East Asia

K Siddiqi, M Arora, PC Gupta - The Lancet Regional Health …, 2023 - thelancet.com
Tobacco is a threat to public health in South-East Asia and its control should be a priority.
However, many common assumptions about tobacco control may not hold true for the region …

A policy perspective on the global use of smokeless tobacco

K Siddiqi, AL Vidyasagaran, A Readshaw… - Current addiction …, 2017 - Springer
Background Globally, over 300 million people consume diverse smokeless tobacco (ST)
products. They are addictive, cause cancer, increased cardiovascular mortality risks and …

Grass roots approach to control levels of carcinogenic nitrosamines, NNN and NNK in smokeless tobacco products

AK Gupta, S Tulsyan, M Bharadwaj… - Food and chemical …, 2019 - Elsevier
Due to the extensive ban on public smoking, tobacco companies focused their business on
new smokeless tobacco (SLT) products promoting them as a harm reduction strategy and a …