Aizawl, Feb 6 NNN : As per latest data available, 62% of Mizo women consume tobacco products of any kind in Mizoram. The data has been prepared by Mizoram State Cancer Society.
Dr. Jeremy L Pautu, Director of the Mizoram State Cancer Institute informed NNN that due to numbers of tobacco users among women, ovarian cancer is very much popular.
Tobacco also causes other types of cancer among the women folks, added Dr. Jeremy.
While the trend is 62% in Mizoram, West Bengal and Manipur stand at 28% and 25% regarding the women who use tobacco products.
In the meantime Dr. K Lalbiakzuala, Prog. Asst, MSCS had said that Mizoram had entered ‘cancer age’ which claims more lives than any other diseases. “People of the state must have true knowledge and have to be taken special attention for prevention of the diseases,” he warns.
Dr. Jeremy said that before the end of 2025, efforts has been made to decline cases of cancer by 25% across the country. “Six districts from Mizoram are included amongst the topmost 10 prevalent cancer cases in men which are Aizawl, Serchhip, Lunglei, Kolasib, Champhai, Mamit while for that of women include Aizawl, Serchhip, Kolasib, Lunglei,” said Dr Jeremy. Among men, stomach cancer is the most popular while in women lungs cancer and ovarian cancer are common in Mizoram state.
Meanwhile, tribals, who constitute 27 percent of the northeast’s total population of 45.50 million (2011 census) are traditionally heavy users of different types of tobacco products. According to the latest report of the union health and family welfare ministry, Mizoram (67.2 percent), Nagaland (56.8 percent) Tripura (55.9 percent) have the highest number of tobacco users in India.
Read more / Original news source: http://manipur-mail.com/mizo-women-use-tobacco/
