Tobacco puts 1 in 10 at oral cancer risk among Nicobarese in India | India News
NEW DELHI: Nearly one in ten adults from the Nicobarese tribal community living on Car Nicobar Island shows signs of oral lesions that could potentially turn cancerous, a large community-based study has found, underlining the heavy health toll of smokeless tobacco and alcohol use in a remote island population.The study, conducted by the ICMR–Regional Medical…