Abstract
Tobacco use is linked with many serious illnesses, such as cancer, cardiopulmonary diseases, as well as with many health problems. Every year, the use of tobacco products causes a heavy toll of deaths and severe human disease worldwide. One of the many health problems linked to tobacco use is its detrimentalimpact on oral health. Tobacco causes a whole series of oral health problems, ranging from life-threatening (precancerous changes leading to oral cancer) andserious (periodontal disease, teeth decay) to social (bad breath). Tobacco is consumed through the mouth in a variety of forms, varied from smoked tobacco tosmokeless tobacco chewing on itself or combined with areca nut. All these forms of tobacco have damaging effects on the oral health. The most significantpreventive measure to prevent the oral health problems caused by tobacco use is to stop using tobacco products. The risk of developing oral cancer drops rapidly when a smoker ceases tobacco use. After ten years of not using tobacco, an ex-smoker/user’s risk of oral cancers is about the same as that for someone who has never smoked. To stop using tobacco products is not an easy task. Fortunately, there are a number of therapies available to assist in quitting of tobacco. It is important to remember that, while it will be difficult, ceasing to use tobacco has immediate health benefits, including increased life expectancy and reduced risk of tobacco related diseases and conditions.
Highlights
Tobacco is the single greatest cause of preventable death globally [1]
Tobacco is consumed in a variety of different ways, though smoking of manufactured cigarettes is the most prevalent form of its use
Bidi smoking is a popular form of tobacco use in south Asia, accounting for one-third of the tobacco produced in India for smoking
Summary
Tobacco is the single greatest cause of preventable death globally [1]. Tobacco is consumed in a variety of different ways, though smoking of manufactured cigarettes is the most prevalent form of its use. The site of the oral cavity affected by leukoplakia is often said to be associated with the type of tobacco habit practiced; lateral tongue and floor of mouth in cigarette smokers, palate in pipe smokers and reverse smokers, commissures in bidi smokers, buccal groves in tobacco chewers where they park the quid and lower or upper labial mucosa in snuff dippers. Aetiopathogenesis Tobacco smoking (i.e., cigarette, pipe or cigar smoking) when combined with heavy alcohol consumption has been identified as the primary risk factor for approximately 80% of oral malignancies [29]. The helping of people not to use tobacco in the first place and assisting current smokers to quit, is an effective way to reduce morbidity and mortality from oral cancer
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