Health

Paan without tobacco: An independent risk factor for oral cancer

Oral cancer is the second most common cancer in women and the third most common in men in Pakistan. Tobacco is smoked and chewed extensively in Pakistan. Paan is a quid of piper betel leaf that contains areca nut, lime, condiment, sweeteners, and sometimes tobacco, which is also used extensively. We did this study to clarify the independent association of paan and oral cancer.

Publication Date: 
01/04/2000
Anwar Merchant, Syed S. M. Husain, Mervyn Hosain & et al
International Journal of Cancer
86
1
128
Tags:
Tobacco, Tobacco Related Cancer, Health Effects, Betel Leaf, Pakistan, South Asia, Environmental Health
Industry

 REJECTED

A legislation that would have permitted the Canadian

Publication Date: 
30/03/2000
Down to Earth
Tags:
Tobacco, Canada, Smoking, Legislation, Environment Court
India

 Fighting Tobacco

Former South Mumbai member of Parliament Murli Deora has pushed for stronger regulations against toba

Publication Date: 
14/02/2000
Down to Earth
Tags:
Tobacco, Public Interest Litigation (PIL), Advertising, Legislation, Mumbai
Industry

 New target

Children may soon sue smoking parents

Publication Date: 
30/01/2000
Down to Earth
Tags:
Tobacco, Public Interest Litigation (PIL), Children, Health Care, Smoking, Australia
India

 Vehicular emissions are a cause for concern

Praful B Desai, professor emeritus and former director of the Tata Memorial Cancer Research Institute, Mumbai, spoke to Leena Chakrabarti on the increasing incidence of ca

Publication Date: 
29/11/1999
Down to Earth
8
19991130
0
Tags:
Vehicular Pollution, Tobacco, Health Effects, Cancer, Diesel, Radiation, India
Climate Change

 SPREADING SMOKE

Strict US legislations are forcing cigarette companies to shift business to developing countries, where they are helped by lax laws and political reluctance to deal with the menace

Publication Date: 
30/08/1999
Down to Earth
Tags:
Tobacco, Health Effects, Smoking, Developing Countries
Water Pollution

 Smoky future

A US jury holds tobacco companies liable for manufacturing a product that causes lung cancer and other diseases

Publication Date: 
14/08/1999
Down to Earth
Tags:
Tobacco, Health Effects, Cancer, Smoking, Legislation, United States Of America (US)
Animal Care

 UNITED NATION

Iraq has agreed to allow a United Nations (UN) team of experts into the

Publication Date: 
30/07/1999
Down to Earth
Tags:
Tobacco, Health Care, Child Health, Smoking, WHO
India

 Cigarettes, cars, and public health

Why should only cars be blamed for causing cancer? There should be health norms for cigarettes, too

Publication Date: 
29/06/1999
Down to Earth
8
19990630
0
Tags:
Tobacco, Health Effects, Cancer, Smoking
Air Pollution

  Let off

Tobacco companies get a reprieve in the UK. How will Asia fare?

Publication Date: 
30/03/1999
Down to Earth
21
19990331
0
Tags:
Tobacco, Health Effects, Cancer, Asia, United Kingdom (UK)

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