Bidi Smoking is Injurious to Health A Prospective Study

Abstract

Objective: To assess the extent of bidi smoking injurious effects in patients attending the
department of community dentistry at the Institute of Dentistry LUMHS, Jamshoro , Civil hospital
Hyderabad jointly with department of NeuroSurgery in SIMS/Services Hospital Lahore.
Methods: The study was mainly carried out in dept of community dentistry civil hospital
Hyderabad and SIMS/Services Hospital Lahore. The side effects of bidi smoking were recorded
in both urban and rural population using data analysis and Non probability convenience for
analysis.
Results: A total 300 patients age 25 to 50 years include urban and ruler population visited in civil
hospital Hyderabad were surveyed out of 300 patients male were 72.3%a and female was 27.3%
Graph 1 show percentage of gender distribution. Injurious effects of bidi smoking like oral
cancers, lung cancers, brain cancers, myocardial infarction, atherosclerosis, COPD and Cardiac
failure were most commonly seen in bidi consumers as compare to non-consumers.
Conclusion: Bidi smoking is mostly used in people in rural population and males are seen more
widely a consumers of bidi smoking as proved by this study so, why it is known as poor man
cigarette. Health education programs on smoking cessation should be arrange in this area, use of
tobacco products in indoor location should be properly banned. It can be concluded that bidi
smoking is cause of oral cancer, and bronchogenic carcinoma etc. Bidi smoking is mostly used in
people rural population and males are seen more widely a consumer of bidi smoking as proved by
this study. High taxes on tobacco products should be implanted. Television media and radio
stations can also participate to stop advertising tobacco products.