Tobacco Chewing Among Males In Sri Lanka Is On The Increase

Around 26% of the Sri Lankan males and 5% of the females are addicted to chewing Tobacco according to the National Consultant on non communicable  diseases in World Health Organization(WHO) professor Nalika Gunawardena.

As the tobacco proved as a cancer agent ,steps should be taken to reduce the number of tobacco addicts in the country professor Gunawardena has stated during a  National Media Workshop On Non Communicable Diseases held at the Cinnamon Grand Hotel in Colombo yesterday (31).