Grover Shekhar, Mohanty Vikrant, Jain Swati, Anand Tanu, Aghi Mira B
Dental Public Health Consultant, Maulana Azad Institute of Dental Sciences, New Delhi, India.
Associate Professor and Head, Department of Public Health Dentistry, Maulana Azad Institute of Dental Sciences, New Delhi, India.
Tob Use Insights. 2020 Sep 25;13:1179173X20960447. doi: 10.1177/1179173X20960447. eCollection 2020.
Entire world is battling the Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) pandemic. India too, has undertaken stringent containment measures to combat this disease. The country is in a state of national lockdown, which has inadvertently led more than a quarter of the Indian population to not use tobacco. This paper discusses the opportunity that surfaces with unavailability of tobacco products, and advocates the need for escalation of tobacco cessation services as well as strategic management of stress to stay tobacco-free.
全世界都在与新型冠状病毒肺炎(COVID-19)疫情作斗争。印度也采取了严格的防控措施来抗击这种疾病。该国处于全国封锁状态,这无意中导致超过四分之一的印度人口不再使用烟草。本文讨论了烟草产品无法获取所带来的机遇,并主张扩大戒烟服务以及对压力进行战略管理以保持无烟状态。