At HCG Cancer Hospital, Kolkata, doctors focused on oral screening and awareness of the risks of tobacco use, including both chewing tobacco and tobacco smoke, in relation to head-and-neck cancers.While tobacco use remains one of the leading causes, there is growing evidence that environmental and genetic factors are also contributing significantly to the rising burden of lung cancer, said pulmonologist Vaibhav Kajaria at an event on the occasion held at Fortis Hospital.A decade ago, only one in 10 suffering heart attacks would be less than 40 years old, said Aniruddha Mandal, cardiologist, BM Birla Heart Hospital
Walgreen to Toughen Policies on Tobacco Article from Bloomberg News, The Los Angeles Times , February 14, 2002
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