Mishra Shanu, Mishra M B
Registrar, Rotherham General Hospital, Rotherham S60 3 , South Yorkshire, UK.
Professor and Head Department of Periodontics, Mahatma Gandhi Dental College and Hospital, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India.
J Int Soc Prev Community Dent. 2013 Jan;3(1):12-8. doi: 10.4103/2231-0762.115708.
This article provides information on the origin of tobacco and its subsequent spread throughout the world. In the era of the migration of communities, tobacco use gradually gained access and subsequently migrated along with the migrants, establishing in different locations. Probably at that time people were unaware of the health hazards and were using tobacco in treating certain ailments. Much has been known and written about tobacco in the context of oral and general health hazards but little has been explored and is known to many about where from and how this plant, which is now used in various forms, and speading widely. In what form, where, and how it had been served in religious rituals and considered for treatment or remedy of certain ailments in those days could not certainly be known. In the 21(st) century, people are considering hazardous tobacco as beneficial for their teeth, good for concentration of mind, and something which keeps them engaged. Even many professionals, though knowing the deleterious effects, are still using tobacco and gutkha in one or the other form. This article has been designed to revive the awareness for health hazards of tobacco and similar products. A pilot project questionnaire survey comprising this subject involving the educated mass has already been started and will be produced after analysis of data in part II of this paper.
本文提供了关于烟草的起源及其随后在全球传播的信息。在社群迁徙的时代，烟草使用逐渐得以传播，并随后随着移民迁移，在不同地方扎根。当时人们可能并未意识到烟草对健康的危害，而是用它来治疗某些疾病。在口腔和总体健康危害方面，人们对烟草已经了解很多并著述颇丰，但对于这种如今以各种形式广泛使用的植物的起源地以及传播方式，却鲜有探索，很多人也并不了解。在过去，它是以何种形式、在何处以及如何用于宗教仪式，又被视为可治疗某些疾病的药物，这些肯定无从知晓。在21世纪，人们认为有害的烟草对牙齿有益、有助于集中注意力，还能让人有事可做。甚至许多专业人士，尽管知道其有害影响，仍在以某种形式使用烟草和古特卡。本文旨在唤起人们对烟草及类似产品健康危害的认识。一项针对受过教育人群、包含该主题的试点项目问卷调查已经启动，将在本文第二部分对数据进行分析后呈现结果。
