Cancer is clubbed with diabetes, heart disease, and stroke vying in a common programme that gets only 20 per cent of the health expenditure despite being the cause of 60 per cent of all deaths
Updated Feb 5, 2021, 4:34 am IST
This will further increase by 12 per cent by 2025 as the use of tobacco and tobacco-related products continues to be high
NCC cadets take part in World Cancer day awareness campaign, organised by the Hyderabad Archdiocese Social Service Society in Secunderabad on Thursday. (Photo: DC/S. SURENDER REDDY)
HYDERABAD: Tobacco-related cancers contribute highest to the cancer burden in India. Despite the Covid pandemic, there were 3.7 lakh new cases or 27.1 per cent.
This will further increase by 12 per cent by 2025 as the use of tobacco and tobacco-related products continues to be high. The impact on passive smokers and those working in the related industries, wholesale and retail sectors also get impacted due to constant exposure to tobacco.