Case Study on

usage of
Tobacco
products in
India.
Case Study on
usage of
Tobacco
products in
India.
Tobacco is derived from the
leaves of the genus Nicotiana,
a plant from the night-shade
family, indigenous to North
and South America.

Archeological studies suggest

the use of tobacco in around
first century BC, when Maya
people of Central America
used tobacco leaves for
smoking, in sacred and
religious ceremonies.
Today, tobacco is used in various forms in different parts of the world. Tobacco in many
countries is sometimes adopted as a cash crop by the farmers and government
treasuries (excise, taxes, etc.), and is also grown for local consumption.

The major tobacco-growing and consuming

countries are China, USA, the

Former Soviet States, India, and Brazil.

In South and Southeast Asia, it is incorporated into existing traditional customs, in the
form of betel quid (paan) chewing.

The tobacco industry provides thousands of jobs, and is also a major source of income
for the advertising industries, printed and electronic media, government (for revnew
and as a source of foreign currency).
There is a wide range of use of tobacco in different countries.

The smoking form of tobacco, since its introduction in South

Asian countries, has been used in several forms, like hukka
(water pipe), chilam (clay pipe), cigarettes, rolled tobacco in the
form of bidees, Chchuta (reverse smoking), etc., whereas the
nonsmoking or chewable tobacco is in the form of snuff/naswar
(roasted and finely powdered for inhalation), mawa, qiwam,
gutkha, kheni (mixture of dry raw tobacco with lime), zarda,
betel quid with tobacco, paan-masala, etc.. In Indonesia, tobacco
is mixed with clove and dipped in the oral cavity.
Paan acquired significant popularity among the male population
of the central and western India in contrast to female of these
locations. Contrary are the findings in India, with educated or
uneducated females consuming
more paan preferably with tobacco.

According to a survey report,

tobacco-consuming
females in India believe
that this helps them in concentrating more on their work.
The survey also states that a large population believes that paan
strengthens their teeth and eliminates bad breath.
The usage of Tobacco in different types:
Benefits of usage of Tobacco in India:

The profits are as addictive as the tobacco that

generates them, as manufacturing and selling tobacco
products like cigarettes is astonishingly profitable, even
with tobacco excise duty to pay. In 2018, the most
recent year for which figures are reported, the world’s
six largest cigarette manufacturers made profits (before
income taxes) of more than US$55 billion.
Benefits of usage of Tobacco in India:

These profits are as addictive as the tobacco that

generates them, as manufacturing and selling tobacco
products like cigarettes is astonishingly profitable, even
with tobacco excise duty to pay. In 2018, the most
recent year for which figures are reported, the world’s
six largest cigarette manufacturers made profits (before
income taxes) of more than US$55 billion.
That is more than the combined
profits (US$51 billion) of, for
example, Coca-Cola, Pepsico,
Nestle, Mondelez, Fedex, General
Mills, Starbucks, Heineken, and
Carlsberg, who collectively own
many household brands with
global appeal.
Usage of Tobacco in some health
practices:
 Tobacco leaves are applied to cuts as
an antiseptic and to stop bleeding.
 Ground tobacco leaves were also
used as “snuff” (inhaled through the
nose) for medicinal and ritualistic
purposes.
 Tobacco smoked is sometimes blown
into the ear to treat earaches.
Health Hazards of using
Tobacco:
• Smoking causes cancer, heart
disease, stroke, lung diseases,
diabetes, and chronic obstructive
pulmonary disease (COPD), which
includes emphysema and chronic
bronchitis.
• Smoking also increases risk for
tuberculosis, certain eye diseases,
and problems of the immune
system, including rheumatoid
arthritis.
Smoking causes cancer, heart
disease, stroke, lung diseases,
diabetes, and chronic obstructive
pulmonary disease (COPD),
which includes emphysema and
chronic bronchitis. Smoking also
increases risk for tuberculosis,
certain eye diseases, and
problems of the immune system,
including rheumatoid arthritis.
 LUNG CANCER:
Lung cancer is a type of cancer
that begins in the lungs. Your
lungs are two spongy organs
in your chest that take in
oxygen when you inhale and
release carbon dioxide when
you exhale.
Lung cancer is the leading
cause of cancer deaths
worldwide.
It is one of the major causes of death
and disease in India and accounts
for nearly 1.35 million deaths every
year.
India is also the second largest consumer and
producer of tobacco.
Passive Smoking:
Second-hand tobacco
smoke (SHS) kills 600,000
people each year.
Globally, about one-third
adults are regularly
exposed to SHS.
Tobacco Control:
There is strong evidence that tobacco tax increases, the
dissemination of information about the health risks from tobacco
and increased access to cessation therapies are effective in reducing
tobacco use.

However, their implementation is uneven and limited, with higher-

income countries having more anti-smoking laws in place than the
low- and middle-income countries.

Effective implementation may be affected by the tobacco industry

lobbying power, partly due to political constraints and the country's
overall commitment to tobacco control.
Measures that proved very effective in the
developed world, like tax increases on all
tobacco products, need to be enforced
immediately and the taxes collected
should be used to support health
promotion and tobacco control
programmes.
Sustained efforts are needed from the
Government to strengthen efforts on
alternate cropping and alternate
livelihoods to replace employment losses
that may come up gradually.
 Public health awareness, raising a mass movement
against tobacco, sensitizing and educating all health
care professionals for tobacco control and cessation
by incorporating the topic in medical undergraduate
curriculum, nursing curriculum, various CMEs,
conferences, scientific meetings, workshops, etc. is
vital.

 Eventually, if all healthcare professionals participate in

tobacco control and cessation, it will have a huge
impact. Expansion of TCCs to the periphery to reach
the community, making them more accessible and
widely acceptable, will facilitate millions of current
tobacco users to quit the habit.
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