Global burden of disease due to smokeless tobacco consumption in adults
Siddiq K, et al. Global burden of disease due to smokeless tobacco consumption in adults: an updated analysis of data from 127 countries : BMC Medicine. 12 August 2020. 18: 222 : “In 2017, at least 2.5 million DALYs [disability adjusted life years] and 90,791 lives were lost across the globe due to oral, pharyngeal and oesophageal cancers that can be attributed to ST [smokeless tobacco]. Based on risk estimates obtained from the INTERHEART study, over 6 million DALYs and 258,006 lives were lost from ischaemic heart disease that can be attributed to ST. Three-quarters of the ST-related disease burden was among men…. ST poses a major public health threat predominantly in South and Southeast Asia and needs to be regulated through comprehensive implementation of the World Health Organization Framework Convention for Tobacco Control.”
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