| The Tobacco Reference Guide |
| by David Moyer, MD. |
| Chapter 27 International |
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| International: India and Bangladesh |
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| India is the world's third largest producer of tobacco, with an annual crop of 500,000 |
| tons. 142 million men and 72 million women in India regularly use tobacco (often |
| chewing tobacco), including 4 million children under age 15. |
| British Medical Journal, June 11, 1994, p. 1523 |
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| Only 3% of women smoke cigarettes, but 50% to 60% of women chew tobacco in |
| many areas of India. |
| Journal of the American Medical Women's Association, January 1996, p. 48 |
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| Tobacco causes 600,000 to 1 million deaths each year in India; oropharyngeal cancer |
| is diagnosed in 100,000 patients each year. |
| Lancet, March 10, 1990, p. 594 and Tobacco Control, Fall 1994, p. 201 |
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| Oral cancer accounts for about a third of all cancers in Bangladesh, India, Pakistan |
| and Sri Lanka; tobacco is the greatest single risk factor. Betel quid ("pan") chewing is |
| very common in these countries. |
| Tobacco Alert (WHO), July 1996 |
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| Oral cancers comprise 50 to 70% of all cancers diagnosed in India, where use of |
| chewing tobacco is very high. A third of the 650,000 cancer deaths each year are |
| tobacco-related. |
| JAMA, February 28, 1986, p. 1042 and Journal of the National Cancer Institute, |
| December 7, 1994, p. 1752 |
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