Recounting his battle against cancer, former Union agriculture minister Sharad Pawar appealed to the people to stay away from tobacco, one of the most common causes leading to oral cancer. Consumption of tobacco is an invitation to cancer, he said.
The NCP leader, who was diagnosed with mouth cancer a decade ago, while explaining his suffering for consuming tobacco, warned people about the repercussions of being addicted to tobacco. He was speaking at the inauguration of a cancer research centre in Jalna in Maharasthra on Sunday.
Narrating how he became addicted to tobacco, Pawar said that one day he had been invited at a field for lunch. "After the lunch I was pestered to have 'paan' stuffed with tobacco, which ultimately made me a tobacco addict," he said.
At one time the condition was painful as the skin inside my mouth was burnt, making it difficult to consume food, Pawar said.
BJP state president Raosaheb Danve, Jalna district guardian minister Babanrao Lonikar, cancer specialist Sanjay Rakh, former minister Rajesh Tope, district collector Shivaji Solunke and zilla parishad CEO Deepak Chaudhary were also present on the occasion.
Source: Times of India
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