Lancet Study Puts India’s Chewing Tobacco Death Toll at 1.63 Lakh
The estimate is for 2023. India had nearly 148 million chewing-tobacco users that year—about six in ten users worldwide India carries about 65% of the estimated global death toll An estimated 1.63 lakh Indians died from diseases, which is attributable to chewing tobacco in 2023. That amounts to roughly 450 deaths a day. India accounted…