Out of this percentage 26% are male and 5% are female the Authority has stated.
A large number of local youths are being addicted to smokeless Tobacco products like Betel Leaf ,Arecanuts ,Tobacco leaf and commercially based products such as Mava, Gutka, Pamparaag,Hanz,Babul and Beeda which are identified as cancer agents Oncologists have stated.
Due to the addiction of these products a large number of persons in the country are suffering from oral cancers,Cancers in pancreas and Oesophagus and diseases like Oral Fibrosis they has stressed.
According to the oncologist Dr.Hemantha Amarasinghe around 200,000 Sri Lankans are suffering from Oral fibrosis at present which can developed in to a Cancer in near future.Difficulty of open the mouth,pain when consuming food are main symptoms of this disease he has stressed.
A joint survey carried out by the World Health Organization and National Authority on Tobacco And Alcohol had revealed that around Rs.5 billion need to spend annually to treat cancers caused due to smokeless tobacco products .
Distribution and sale of smokeless tobacco products in Sri Lanka are banned According to the law .
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