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ReviewThe Indian journal of medical research2018

Regulation of toxic contents of smokeless tobacco products.

Amit Kumar, Deeksha Bhartiya, Jasmine Kaur, Suchitra Kumari, Harpreet Singh, Deepika Saraf, Dhirendra Narain Sinha, Ravi Mehrotra

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Review in The Indian journal of medical research, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed.

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  6. A review of tobacco abuse and its epidemiological consequences.Zeitschrift fur Gesundheitswissenschaften = Journal of public health · 2022
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  8. The Reasons for Using Smokeless Tobacco: A Review.Iranian journal of public health · 2021
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  11. Why smokeless tobacco control needs to be strengthened?Cancer control : journal of the Moffitt Cancer Center
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Amit KumarData Management Laboratory, Noida, India.
Deeksha BhartiyaDepartment of Oncology-Pathology, Karolinska University Hospital, Solna, Stockholm, Sweden.
Jasmine KaurData Management Laboratory, Noida; Division of Informatics, Systems & Research Management, Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi, India.
Suchitra KumariData Management Laboratory, Noida, India.
Harpreet SinghData Management Laboratory, Noida; Division of Informatics, Systems & Research Management, Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi, India.
Deepika SarafDivision of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, ICMR-National Institute of Cancer Prevention & Research, Noida, India.
Dhirendra Narain SinhaSchool of Preventive Oncology, Patna, India.
Ravi MehrotraWHO FCTC Global Knowledge Hub for Smokeless Tobacco, Noida, India.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Effective regulation of contents of tobacco products is one of the primary milestones to reduce negative health effects associated with the use of smokeless tobacco (SLT) products. As per the available sources, testing of some SLT products has been done on ad hoc basis, but there is a lack of comprehensive and periodic analysis of these products. In addition, the available results indicate huge variations among the levels of pH, 4-(methylnitrosamino)-1-(3-pyridyl)-1-butanone, N-nitrosonornicotine, benzo[a]pyrene, heavy metals and nicotine within different products as well as within different brands of the same product. This review was aimed to throw light on the variations and gaps in testing of SLT products and emphasize the need for strong policy regulation for monitoring the chemical constituents of these products.

Indexed as

Government RegulationTobacco, SmokelessCarcinogensNicotineNitrosaminesCarcinogensNicotineNitrosaminesCarcinogen - regulation - smokeless tobacco - tobacco-specific nitrosamine - toxic

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PMID30264750
PMCPMC6172907

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