Tobacco in India
Tobacco usage in India is quite common in both Urban and rural population including women folk.
The typical woman in Andhra (Srikakulam) less literate, probably has more children, seems poorer, and may chew tobacco but smokes a locally made cigar/cheroot called a “chutta”. They light it and when well lit puts the glowing end inside her mouth. These women typically suffer from precancerous lesions in right or left buccal mucosa, buccal groove, on or under the tongue. These women also have lesions on the palate. Also they are totally unaware of the ill effects of tobacco. Oral cancer may be called the national cancer of India. More suffer from it than from any other cancer.
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