Current status of tobacco in India: a preventable cause of death

The NCD's ( Non-communicable disease) which are the top leading causes of death in India are Coronary heart disease, Lung disease, Stroke, oral cancer, and Smoking tobacco & smokeless tobacco are indistinctly associated with these death rates. Tobacco use is one of the main risk factors for a number of chronic diseases, including cancer, lung diseases, and cardiovascular diseases(1). WHO estimates by 2030, tobacco will kill more than 8 million people worldwide. WHO statistics 2018 reveals in India, after the age -standardization, the prevalence of tobacco smoking among persons 15 years and older is 20.6 % in males and 1.9 % in females. While Global Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS) - 2017 shows that 28.6% (267 million) of Indian adult population uses tobacco in any form .