Burden of tobacco-related cancers in urban, semi-urban and rural setting of Nepal: Findings from population-based cancer registries 2019.

Uma Kafle Dahal Meghnath DhimalAtul BudukhKopila KhadkaSudha PoudelGehanath BaralPradip GyanwaliAnjani Kumar JhaSandhya Chapagain

Published in: PloS one (2024)

The prevalence of tobacco-related cancer found high in Nepal despite of enforcement of tobacco control policy and strategies including WHO framework convention on tobacco control. Concerned authorities should focus towards monitoring of implemented tobacco control policy and strategies.

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