With 26 per cent population of J&K using tobacco products in one form or the other, the state is becoming a “lung cancer capital of India”. This was revealed by Dr NC Prabhakar, a resource person for an anti-tobacco campaign, at a workshop here. He said India is at No 3 in the production of tobacco products and second as the consumer in tobacco products in the world. He said 3.8 per cent population of the J&K smokes “bidis” while 8 per cent use smokeless tobacco products. “The prevalence of…
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