At what cost?

Fathom this! Research in India has shown that doctors diagnose at least 250,000 new tobacco-related cancers each year, or 960 every working day!!

There is also no dearth of validated information that tobacco smoking causes cancers of the lung, larynx, oral cavity and pharynx, paranasal sinuses, oesophagus, stomach, pancreas, liver, kidney, ureter, bladder, uterine cervix and bone marrow.

Cancers are caused in tobacco users through the constant ingestion of carcinogens in their upper respiratory and digestive systems.

Smokers inhale carcinogens into their lungs with every puff. Some particles are lodged permanently or semi-permanently in the lungs, causing black “smoker’s lung”.

The Global Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS) has revealed that 34.6% of adults in India including 47.9% of males and 20.3% of females use tobacco of any form.  Inspite of the lurking dangers, Indians continue to smoke and use tobacco.

But at what cost, will people stop to think?

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