title: Smokeless Tobacco and Oral Potentially Malignant Disorders in South Asia: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.
abstract: More than 250 million South and South East Asians use SLT in some form. As cigarettes prices climb up all over the world, more people could potentially take up SLT, particularly in the absence of epidemiological evidence regarding the harmful effects of these products, and SLT being advocated as a means of tobacco harm reduction. Our findings are thus relevant and timely in highlighting the harmful effects of SLT use, with a potential of influencing tobacco control policies in South Asia and beyond.
authors.affiliation: Leibniz Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology-BIPS GmbH, Bremen, Germany.|Khyber Medical University, Peshawar, Pakistan.
authors.forename: Zohaib
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Khan
authors.affiliation: Pakistan cancer support group, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.
authors.forename: Sheraz
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Khan
authors.affiliation: Leibniz Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology-BIPS GmbH, Bremen, Germany.
authors.forename: Lara
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Christianson
authors.affiliation: Khyber Medical University, Peshawar, Pakistan.
authors.forename: Sara
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rehman
authors.affiliation: Leibniz Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology-BIPS GmbH, Bremen, Germany.|Health Sciences Bremen, Bremen University, Bremen, Germany.|Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacy Management, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Nigeria.
authors.forename: Obinna
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Ekwunife
authors.affiliation: Leibniz Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology-BIPS GmbH, Bremen, Germany.|Health Sciences Bremen, Bremen University, Bremen, Germany.
authors.forename: Florence
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Samkange-Zeeb
mesh_terms: D001208:Asia / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D009062:Mouth Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D011230:Precancerous Conditions / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D012307:Risk Factors; D014030:Tobacco, Smokeless / Q000009:adverse effects*