- A form of tobacco
tooth powder traditionally used in India, in particular by women
in state of Gujarat.
- The tobacco tooth
powder has the appearance of a fine dry powder and is typically
applied to the teeth and gums.
- Red tooth powder
is a fine tobacco powder that is red in colour and contains many
additional ingredients including herbs and
flavouring agents.
- A sub-category of
oral smokeless tobacco products, traditionally used in Asia,
that are applied to the teeth, during use.
- Traditional forms
like betel quid, tobacco with lime and tobacco tooth powder are,
commonly used and the use of new products is
increasing, not only among men but also among children,
teenagers, women of reproductive age, medical and dental
students.
- Mishri is roasted
tobacco powder that is applied as a toothpowder.
- Tobacco alone
(with aroma and flavourings) – e.g. Creamy or dry snuff,
Gudakhu, Gul, Mishri, Red tooth powder.
- The 1992 amendment
to India’s Drugs and Cosmetics Act 1940 barred manufacturers
from using tobacco as an ingredient in any
toothpaste or toothpowder.
- A laboratory test
of five samples of red tooth powder that did not declare tobacco
as an ingredient found a tobacco content of
9.3-248 mg per gram of tooth powder.
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General
Information
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Smokeless Tobacco Fact Sheets
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Description of Smokeless Tobacco Practices
Studies
- Oral Cancer and
Some Epidemiological Factors : A Hospital Based Study
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Use of tobacco products as dentifrice
among adolescents
in India: questionnaire study
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Analysis of Substance Abuse in Male
Adolescents
Company Profiles
& Consultancy
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Company from New Delhi
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Company from Tokyo
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Consultancy from New
Delhi
Risks
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IARC Monographs on the
Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risks to Humans
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Levels of toxins in
oral tobacco products in the UK
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Prevalence of Tobacco
Use and Awareness of Risks
Among School Children in Jaipur
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Tobacco Control
provides display of Specified health warnings on all tobacco
products
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Products
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Smokeless Tobacco
Products
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Red tooth powder
Market
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Smokeless Tobacco Use: Typology, Prevalence and Implications
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Tobacco use in a rural area of Bihar,
India
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Burden of Smokeless Tobacco India
Report
- Control and
prevention of smokeless tobacco products and electronic
cigarettes
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India: Tobacco tooth
powder news analysis
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Oral health status in
rural child population promotional and interventional strategies
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Tobacco Control
Campaign by Mobilizing Key Stakeholders in Rajasthan State
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The scientific basis
of tobacco product regulation
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Tobacco use in India:
An evil with many faces
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Tobacco Use Practices
Suppliers
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Tobacco tooth powder
suppliers
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Selling Leads of
Tobacco tooth powder
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Tobacco based Tooth
Powder exporters
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