European Journal of Molecular & Clinical Medicine

Abstract

Smokeless tobacco use in India has various concerns. It is commonly used and increasingly so, especially as new forms of smokeless tobacco have been emerging over the last few decades. the present study is done to observe the impact of smokeless tobacco on vital data. A cross-sectional study is done on 200 males and females of age group 20-40 years who take tobacco for a minimum period of 2 years.  Chewing tobacco in a dose of average 200mg pack of chewable tobacco and chewed for 30 minutes. All patients with cardiac disorders, Thyroid disorders, Hypertension, Renal diseases, Chronic respiratory diseases. Pregnant and lactating women were excluded from the study. The systolic and diastolic blood pressure changes were recorded before and after having smokeless tobacco. The results revealed that that is significant changes in blood pressure before and after chewing tobacco highlighting there is need for control of this hazardous cultural practice so as to avoid cardiovascular and cerebrovascular accidents in future