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'NE residents largest consumers of tobacco'
Times of India | TNN | Sep 11, 2013, 06.16 AM IST
With the northeast having the highest incidence of mouth, tongue, hypopharynx, lung and oesophegeal cancer, about 25 doctors from different parts of the region launched a campaign to transform the northeast into a tobacco-free region.
Dr B Borooah Cancer Institute director A C Kataki said, "People of the northeastern states are the largest consumers of tobacco in the country and the region accounts for the highest burden of tobacco related ailments.
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