The unregulated sale of these products especially in South and South-East Asia has underscored the need to revamp the national regulations, according to the Seventh Edition of the Tobacco Atlas published Wednesday
However, what keeps them from being a go-to carrier is their usage requirements
Since no new studies were added for pharyngeal and oesophageal cancers, their non-specific risk estimates of 2.23 (95% CI 1.553.20) and 2.17 (95% CI 1.702.78) remained as per our original estimates, respectively
Some of these carcinogens include formaldehyde, acetaldehyde, hydrazine, arsenic, cadmium, benzopyrene, lead, and radioactive polonium from the soil tobacco leaves grow in
Dr Siddiqi added: Smokeless tobacco is used by almost a quarter of tobacco users and most of them live in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh