Integrating National Oral Health Programme and National Tobacco Control Programme in India: a concept for policy coherence

IntroductionTobacco use continues to be a major risk factor for morbidity and mortality worldwide. At least 8.71 million fatalities were attributed to tobacco use, according to recent estimates from the Global Burden of Disease. Tobacco has a detrimental influence on oral health, such as oral cancer...

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Main Authors: Mithun Pai, Shweta Yellapurkar, Swapna Sarit, Kalyana C. Pentapati, Badekkila Ramachandra Avinash, Ramya Shenoy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2025-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Oral Health
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/froh.2025.1574057/full
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