The Role of the Dental Team in Preventing and Diagnosing Cancer: 4. Risk Factor Reduction:Tobacco Cessation

From Volume 32, Issue 7, September 2005 | Pages 394-401

Authors

Crispian Scully

CBE, DSc, DChD, DMed (HC), Dhc(multi), MD, PhD, PhD (HC), FMedSci, MDS, MRCS, BSc, FDS RCS, FDS RCPS, FFD RCSI, FDS RCSEd, FRCPath, FHEA

Bristol Dental Hospital, Lower Maudlin Street, Bristol BS1 2LY, UK

Articles by Crispian Scully

Saman Warnakulasuriya

OBE, BDS, PhD, FDS RCS, DSc

Department of Oral Medicine and Pathology, Guy's, King's and St Thomas’ School of Dentistry, WHO Collaborating Centre for Oral Cancer and Precancer, King's College London, Denmark Hill Campus, Caldecot Road, London SE5 9RW

Articles by Saman Warnakulasuriya

Abstract

Tobacco use contributes to many oral and general health disorders. While cigarette smoking is the most hazardous and prevalent form of tobacco use in the industrialized countries, consideration also needs to be given to non-cigarette use such as bidi smoking in India, reverse smoking by several rural populations and use of snuff and chewing tobacco.

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