On the eve of World Cancer Day on Tuesday, experts warned that Gujarat has become the breeding ground for oral cancers as over 1.3 crore Gujaratis are addicted to tobacco consumption.

"National Cancer Registry Programme has indicated that Ahmedabad has the highest incidence of oral cancers in the country with 17.1 per 1 lakh population fresh cases of cancer registered every year", said leading oral cancer surgeon Dr Kaustubh Patel of HCG Cancer Center.