Год выпуска: 2014 Автор: Tanuja Mohapatra and Sangita Sushree Nayak Издательство: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing Страниц: 240 ISBN: 9783843389594
Описание
Tobacco use is very common worldwide.It is very popular and more accepted form of substance compared to others. It is used in the form of chewing, smoking and snorting.Chewing tobacco is an adherent factor for health hazards.Tobacco consumption in the form of smokeless tobacco is the world’s leading preventable cause of premature death and held responsible for about 5 million deaths annually, mostly in poor countries.Gutkha is a powdery, granular white substance with arecanut, lime, spices cardamom, catechu,colouring agent having pleasing flavouring odours.Gutkha, as a smokeless tobacco product has been popularly used by the adults and is a risk-factor for causing oral-cancer.Tobacco, the most harmful ingredient present in Gutkha is wholly responsible for oral cancer. In addition to health risk, Gutkha-addiction has a direct link with one’s economic standard and education.This compact and conceptually sound book presents a clear and precise picture on the problems of Gutkha...
