TY - JOUR
T1 - Economic implications of tobacco industry in India
T2 - An overview
AU - Sharma, Khushbu
AU - Junaid, Mohammed
AU - Diwakar, Madan Kumar Parangimalar
PY - 2017/4/1
Y1 - 2017/4/1
N2 - Tobacco usage has become engraved in the cultural practices of our country since time immemorial. With increased demand comes increased production, employment, and growth of the tobacco industry but for a deadly cost of human lives which fall prey to its use in either forms. In this article, we describe the economic burden faced by the country due to the emerging tobacco epidemic. The need of the hour is to understand the impact faced due to the tobacco industry in the country and to bring in appropriate efforts to reduce loss of economy and human lives.
AB - Tobacco usage has become engraved in the cultural practices of our country since time immemorial. With increased demand comes increased production, employment, and growth of the tobacco industry but for a deadly cost of human lives which fall prey to its use in either forms. In this article, we describe the economic burden faced by the country due to the emerging tobacco epidemic. The need of the hour is to understand the impact faced due to the tobacco industry in the country and to bring in appropriate efforts to reduce loss of economy and human lives.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85066060601&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.4103/ijph.IJPH_245_15
DO - 10.4103/ijph.IJPH_245_15
M3 - Article
C2 - 28721964
AN - SCOPUS:85066060601
VL - 61
SP - 131
EP - 133
JO - Indian J Public Health
JF - Indian J Public Health
SN - 0019-557X
IS - 2
ER -