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The 13th World Conference on Tobacco OR HealthBuilding capacity for a tobacco-free worldJuly 12-15, 2006, Washington, DC, USA |
Friday, July 14, 2006 - 12:00 PM
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Impact of Pan Masala Chewing in Developing Country like India
SANDEEP AGARWAL, MBBS, MS, LLB, DEPARTMENT OF SURGERY, NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES, 4/11-H BAGH FARZANA, AGRA, 282002, India, PARUL AGARWAL, MBBS, MD, DEPARTMENT OF ANAESTHESIOLOGY, NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES, 4/11 H BAGH FARZANA, CIVIL LINES, AGRA, 282002, India, and SAURABH AGARWAL, BSc, LLB, DEPARMENT OF MEDIA AFFAIRS, AGRA CANCER SOCIETY, 37 BANSAL NAGAR, FATEHABAD ROAD, AGRA, 282002, India.
Objective: TO ASCERTAIN THE IMPACT OF TOBACCO /PAN MASALA IMPACT IN DEVELOPING SOCIETY
Methods: SURVEY OF THE SCHOOL TEACHERS CONSUMING TOBACCO
Results: five schools with more than 1000streght were selected and the school teachers of these schools were screened for oral health and tobacco and pan masala chewing habit.almost 30 % teachers were usin tobacco .25% of those using tobacco had early sub mucus fibrosis and 30% had some leukoplkik or melanoplakik changes.those not chewing had 2% incidence of leukolakia and no case of sub mucus fibrosis was seen. submucus fibrosis is almost always associated with pan masala or tobacco chewing and is a precurssor of malignancy
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