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Acknowledgments viii

Foreword ix

Introduction xi

KEYNOTE ADDRESS

Tobacco or health: a smoke-free society by the year 2000 3

ROBERT E. WINDOM

TOBACCO PRODUCTION AND USE

Global aspects of tobacco use and its implications for oral health 13

JENS J. PlNDBORG, P. R. MURTI, R. B. BHONSLE AND P. C. GUPTA

Tobacco habits in India 25

R. B. BHONSLE, P. R. MURTI AND P. C. GUPTA

Challenges in tobacco control in India: a historical perspective 47

L. D. SANGHVI

Role of tobacco in the national economy: past and present 57

M. S. CHARI AND B. V. KAMESWARA RAO

Smokeless tobacco in the USA: usage patterns, health effects, and extent of morbidity and

mortality 65

DEBORAH M. WINN

CONSEQUENCES FOR ORAL HEALTH

An overview of research on oral cancer and precancer at the Basic Dental Research Unit 79

FALI S. MEHTA

Reverse chutta smoking and palatal lesions 85

DINESH K. DAFTARY, P. R. MURTI AND H. T. SHAH

Oral health consequences of tobacco use in Ernakulam district, Kerala, India 91

P. R. MURTI, R. B. BHONSLE, P. C. GUPTA AND D. K. DAFTARY

Mawa chewing and oral submucous fibrosis in Bhavnagar, Gujarat, India 107

PESI N. SINOR, P. R. MURTI, R. B. BHONSLE AND P. C. GUPTA

Smoking and chewing habits in Sri Lanka: implications for oral cancer and precancer . . 113

K. A. A. S. WARnAKULASURIYA

CONSEQUENCES FOR CANCER IN GENERAL

The world tobacco-related cancer burden: the weight of the evidence and the need

for further research 121

ANNIE J. SASCO

Lung cancer and other diseases related to passive smoking: a large-scale cohort study . . 129

TAKESHI HIRAYAMA

Tobacco-related cancers in Bombay, India: a study of incidence over two decades 139

KASTURI JAYANT AND B. B. YEOLE

Role of diet and alcohol in tobacco-related cancer at sites in the upper aerodigestive tract

in an Indian population 149

PERIN N. NOTANI

CONSEQUENCES FOR GENERAL HEALTH

Maternal smoking and childhood mortality and morbidity 159

STEVEN L. GORTMAKER, A. KEMPE, C. J. HOMER, S. BARK.AN, A. SOBOL AND P. WISE

Population impact of adverse reproductive outcome attributable to maternal tobacco

use in India 167

SARALA KRISHNAMURTHY

Influence of cigarette smoking and its cessation on the risk of cardiovascular disease . . . 171

RALPH S. PAFFENBARGER, JR, R. T. HYDE, R. W. LEUNG, D. L. JUNG, A. L. WING AND

C. HSIEH

Tobacco smoking, exposure to environmental tobacco smoke and respiratory disease . . . 187

S. K. JlNDAL AND D. GUPTA

EXPERIMENTAL AND DIAGNOSTIC ASPECTS

Advances in tobacco carcinogenesis:

I. Smokeless tobacco and betel quid 193

D. HOFFMANN, A. RIVENSON, B. PROKOPCZYK, K. D. BRUNNEMANN,

S. G. CARMELLA AND I. HOFFMANN

Advances in tobacco carcinogenesis:

II. Cigarette smoke 205

D. HOFFMANN, K. D. BRUNNEMANN, I. HOFFMANN, A. RIVENSON AND S. S. HECHT

Carcinogenic potential of some Indian tobacco products 217

SUMATI V. BHIDE

Toxic effects of exposure to tobacco among bidi rollers 22.3

R. A. BHISEY, R. B. GOVEK.AR AND A. N. BAGWE

Correlation between histopathology and flow cytometry of oral leukoplakia and

oral cancer 229

JAMES E. HAMNER, III AND D. L. SMALLEY

TOBACCO CONTROL

Tobacco control in India: problems and solutions 241

USHA K. LUTHRA, V. SREENIVAS, G. R. MENON, A. K. PRABHAKAR AND K. CHAUDHRY

Control strategies for tobacco-related cancers in Kerala, India 249

M. KRISHNAN NAIR, B. MATHEW, R. SANKARANARAYANAN AND R. WESLEY

Achieving smoking cessation in healthy and cancer patient populations through the use of

self-help materials and physician advice 255

ELLEN R. GRITZ

How doctors in developing countries can control tobacco consumption 265

KEITH BALL

Role of dental professionals in reducing tobacco use 271

ROBERT E. MECKLENBURG

The public health practice of tobacco control 277

THOMAS E. NOVOTNY

Cancer prevention through a national programme of research into the control of tobacco

use: the experience of the US National Cancer Institute 287

THOMAS J. GLYNN, D. R. SHOPLAND, T. F. PECHACEK AND G. M. BOYD

INTERVENTION STUDIES

Communication strategies for intervening in the tobacco habits of rural populations

in India 303

MIRA B. AGHI, P. C. GUPTA, R. B. BHONSLE AND P. R. MURTI

A 10-year follow-up study for primary prevention of oral cancer among

Indian villagers 307

PRAKASH C. GUPTA, F. S. MEHTA, J. J. PINDBORG, R. B. BHONSLE, P. R. MURTI AND

M. B. AGHI

Epidemiology of tobacco habits in Goa, India 315

SHARAD G. VAIDYA, N. S. VAIDYA AND U. D. NAIK

POLICY AND LAW

Impact of cigarette advertising revenues on US magazine coverage of

smoking and health 323

KENNETH E. WARNER, L. M. GOLDENHAR AND C. G. MCLAUGHLIN

Tobacco policy: the power of law 329

RUTH ROEMER

Controlling cancer by suing tobacco companies: the potential for India in the light of the

US experience 341

RICHARD A. DAYNARD

Antitobacco campaign in Maharashtra, India: achievements and perspectives 345

D. T. JOSEPH

CONSENSUS SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS 351

ADDRESSES OF PARTICIPANTS 357

 

 

 

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