About book : This book is widely encircling the several characteristics of tobacco control with particular reference to global scenario. Globally the evidences on widespread tobacco habits, health hazards and environmental hazards are mainly due to tobacco use, passive smoking and its impact. The economics of tobacco, worldwide legislation to control tobacco, the tobacco cessation services and the way ahead for effective tobacco control are elaborately present in this book. Consuming any types of tobacco products (smoking and smokeless) troubles nearly each and every organ in the body and intensificify the risk of heart disease, stroke, lung diseases, liver disease, immune dysfunctions, inflammations, and many types of cancer. Nicotine present in tobacco product is highly addictive and tobacco use is a major risk factor for cardiovascular and respiratory diseases, over 20 different types or subtypes of cancer, and many other debilitating health conditions. Tobacco is a leading preventable cause of death, killing nearly 6 million people worldwide each year. It is one of the primary causes of death and disease in India and accounts for nearly 1.35 million deaths every year. In terms of consuming and producing tobacco products, India is also the second largest country globally. Whereas more than 16 million of adults in the USA have a disease caused by smoking cigarettes, and smoking-related illnesses lead to half a million deaths each year. It was observed that most tobacco-related deaths occur in low- and middle-income countries, which are often targets of intensive tobacco industry interference and marketing. Tobacco contains nicotine can also be lethal for non-smokers. Second-hand smoke exposure has also been concerned in adverse health effects, causing 1.2 million deaths per year. Approximately half of all children breathe air polluted by environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) and 65 000 children die each year due to illnesses related to second-hand smoke. A report in 2019, it was r

About author : Details of Contributing Authors Chief Editor: Dr. Sandip Kumar Sinha, MSc. PhD (Physiology) Associate Professor Department of Human Physiology Vidyasagar University, Paschim Medinipur- 700073, India Mobile: +91 6297334773; Email id: sinha_sandip@mail.vidyasagar.ac.in ORCID ID: 0000-0001-5640-1290 Associated Editors Dr. Ranabir Pal MBBS (Honours), MD (Com Med), PhD, DCH, MBA, CMCL-FAIMER FELLOW Professor, Department of Community Medicine MGM Medical College and LSK Hospital, Kishanganj-855107, India Formerly, Additional Professor, Department of Community Medicine and Family Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Jodhpur Mobile: +91 800039 96867; E-mail: ranabirmon@yahoo.co.in ORCID ID: 0000-0002-8602-0162 Associated Editors Dr. Amrita Ghosh MBBS, MD (Biochemistry), MSc. (Medical Biochemistry) Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry, Midnapore Medical College, Paschim Medinipur- 700073, India Mobile: +91 98748 69365; E-mail: amritaghosh1973@yahoo.com ORCID ID: 0000-0002-8038-0861 Associated Editors Dr. Rishabh Kumar Rana MBBS, MD (Community Medicine), Fellow Public Health Research (FPHS India) Assistant Professor, Dept. of Community Medicine Shaheed Nirmal Mahto Medical College & Hospital (Erstwhile Patliputra Medical College and Hospital, Dhanbad Jharkhand Ex-Technical Consultant USAID funded Project Vridhi; Ex-SMO WHO Mobile: +91 98527 37954; email id: bakwasandsony@gmail.com ORCID ID: 0000-0002-3585-5346 Other Authors Professor (Dr.) Subhasish Chatterjee Professor and Dean – Academic Affair and Director IQAC, ICFAI University, Agartala-Simna Road, P.O. Kamalghat, Mohanpur, Agartala, Tripura-799210, India Mobile: +91 90997 67976; Email id: subhasish19@gmail.com ORCID ID: 0000-0002-0629-4535 Dr. Prianka Mukhopadhyay MBBS, MD (Com Med), Associate Professor, Department of Community Medicine, Bankura Sammilani Medical College, Bankura, West Bengal, India Mobile: +91 90514 38088,