Authors :
Pavithra M; Girish R Shavi; Shankar S; Lalithambigai G; John Smith
Volume/Issue :
Volume 7 - 2022, Issue 5 - May
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DOI :
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6644064
Abstract :
The tobacco use epidemic is one of the
greatest hazard to the current global health. India is the
third largest producer of tobacco globally and providing
employment to 38 million people through its tobacco
industry. Tobacco is grown in major Indian states and
majority goes into bidi manufacturing and is one of the
major export crop. Tobacco use is a major cause of
NCDs, which account for approximately 60% of deaths
in India. The aggregate direct and indirect cost of
diseases accountable to tobacco use was INR 1,044,816
million in 2011 posing a huge economic burden to the
people. Between men and women, men bear a
disproportionately higher burden of the total cost, which
is around 90% of the total economic burden due to allcause mortality. 78% of the total costs arose due to
smoked tobacco whereas 22% was due to smokeless
tobacco-related diseases. The enormous economic
burden and resulting losses to the nation could be
prevented in wake of stronger tobacco control initiatives
by the government and civil society organizations.
Keywords :
Tobacco, Silent epidemic, economics, control, burden.
The tobacco use epidemic is one of the
greatest hazard to the current global health. India is the
third largest producer of tobacco globally and providing
employment to 38 million people through its tobacco
industry. Tobacco is grown in major Indian states and
majority goes into bidi manufacturing and is one of the
major export crop. Tobacco use is a major cause of
NCDs, which account for approximately 60% of deaths
in India. The aggregate direct and indirect cost of
diseases accountable to tobacco use was INR 1,044,816
million in 2011 posing a huge economic burden to the
people. Between men and women, men bear a
disproportionately higher burden of the total cost, which
is around 90% of the total economic burden due to allcause mortality. 78% of the total costs arose due to
smoked tobacco whereas 22% was due to smokeless
tobacco-related diseases. The enormous economic
burden and resulting losses to the nation could be
prevented in wake of stronger tobacco control initiatives
by the government and civil society organizations.
Keywords :
Tobacco, Silent epidemic, economics, control, burden.
