Review Article
Year: 2020 | Month: March | Volume: 7 | Issue: 3 | Pages: 1-7
Role of Homoeopathy in Tobacco Addiction- A Narrative Review
Renu Bala, Amit Srivastava
Research Officer (H)/ Scientist-1, Regional Research Institute for Homoeopathy, New Checkon, Opposite Tribal Colony, Imphal, Manipur, India.
Corresponding Author: Renu Bala
ABSTRACT
Use of alcohol, tobacco and drugs is referred to as ‘substance use’. There are wide variations in extent and prevalence of use across different states and between various substances. In adult populations around the world, alcohol, tobacco and cannabis are the most commonly used psychoactive substances. They are associated with a wide range of negative health consequences.
Chewing betel nuts with leaves of betel plant and lime paste and smoking tobacco constitute the two most common traditional forms of substance use in almost all NE states of India. Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) like ischemic heart diseases, cancers, diabetes, chronic respiratory diseases are the leading causes of death globally and associated with tobacco use. This narrative review presents an overview of the magnitude of tobacco use, its health consequences and role Homoeopathy can play in addressing disorders related to tobacco use to help people to avoid or delay its addiction and to avert the development of the withdrawal symptoms in case of quitting.
Keywords: Tobacco, Nicotine, Addiction, Homoeopathy
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