Smokeless Tobacco Products

UBINIG/TABINAJ Tobacco product ingredients: UBINIG-Tabinaj, 2016 Ingredients in tobacco products are used to increase their attractiveness, addictiveness, and toxicity. Tobacco product ingredients are the substances, components, and raw materials that when put together make up a tobacco product ready to be used. The main ingredients of tobacco products are: the processed tobacco leaf and the substances intentionally added to increase the attractiveness of the product to the consumer. Among these are substances that enhance the palatability, the product’s colour and physical appearance as well as substances which may create the false impression that tobacco products have health benefits or increase energy and vitality. Ingredients, with the exception of water, that are added d...

Tabinaj || Friday 28 March 2014 Introduction Bangladesh is one of the 11 countries in South and South East Asia Region, which comprises 90 percent of global smokeless tobacco users. Given the high number of users and the serious health consequences of tobacco use, these countries have set a target to reduce 30 percent in prevalence among persons over 15 years of age. In terms of number, almost 250 million adults consume smokeless tobacco in these 11 countries. These countries are Bangladesh, Bhutan, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, India, Indonesia, Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Timor-Leste (primenews.com.bd, Accessed on September 11, 2013) As women are the major users of smokeless tobacco products, this investigative study carried out by Anti-Tobac...

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Ingredients in Smokeless Tobacco Products

Zarda and Gul: Smokeless Tobacco Products in Bangladesh