‘8K tobacco-related deaths every year in Meghalaya’

Around 8,000 deaths related to tobacco use are recorded every year in Meghalaya, which reports the highest cancer cases in the country, said NEIGRIHMS Surgical Oncology Associate Professor Dr Caleb Harris on Tuesday.

Speaking to reporters ahead of World No Tobacco Day which falls on May 31, Dr Harris said that 70 per cent of cancer cases in Meghalaya are caused by tobacco, even as he said that two of the three cancers can be reduced in the state if one stops the use of tobacco.