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Oral use of smokeless tobacco is widely prevalent in the South East Asia Region; the different
forms include chewing, sucking and applying tobacco preparations to the teeth and gums.
Smokeless tobacco products are often made at home but can also be purchased.
Smokeless tobacco use in South Asia raises various concerns. It is commonly used and
increasingly so, especially as new forms of smokeless tobacco have been emerging over the
last few decades, enticing new consumers. Increasing use has been reported not only among
men, but also among such vulnerable groups as children, teenagers, women of reproductive
age and by immigrants of South Asian origin wherever they have settled. In India, per capita
smokeless tobacco consumption has increased among the poor between 1961 and 2000 in
both rural and urban areas. Lately; a European company has begun marketing one of its
smokeless tobacco products in India.

In Southeast Asia over 250 million people use Smokeless tobacco products; about 17% of
total population in Southeast Asia uses oral tobacco; of which 95% belong to India (82%) and
Bangladesh (13%) The global youth tobacco survey revealed high (10-20%) prevalence of
smokeless tobacco use among young on students (13-15 year)in Southeast Asia .Among
disadvantaged youth group high (45%-71%) prevalence of tobacco use was reported in
Southeast Asia .