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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | How Alcohol and Tobacco Cause Poverty -Abhay Bang

How Alcohol and Tobacco Cause Poverty -Abhay Bang

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published Published on May 6, 2019   modified Modified on May 6, 2019
-TheWire.in

Alcoholism and addiction to tobacco are no longer just health issues, but pose larger developmental problems.

The district of Gadchiroli has 1.2 million people, spread across 1,500 villages and three towns. A district sample survey we carried out in the years 2015 and 2016 showed that 41% of men had consumed alcohol in the past 12 months, spending a total of Rs 80 crore. In the case of tobacco, 44% of people from across the district – men, women, and children –had spent annually a total of Rs 298 crore of their own money on their addiction.

The annual district plan of the government in the same year was Rs 157 crore, less than half of what poor people were spending, out of their own pockets, on tobacco and alcohol. This brought to light an interesting yet sad insight: tobacco and alcohol not only harm health, but they cause poverty.

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My first encounter with addiction was in the form of an alcohol addict, who was my driver’s brother. An ex-teacher, he had developed cirrhosis of the liver; his entire abdomen was full of water. I treated him but knew the prognosis. Within six months, he died. My second patient was a tribal man, who used to be an MLA. He too had cirrhosis of the liver. Within two months, he passed away.

These were frustrating experiences because I had never dealt with alcoholism as a clinical problem so directly. I realised then that medical treatment was a futile solution for alcohol addiction.

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TheWire.in, 1 May, 2019, https://thewire.in/health/how-alcohol-and-tobacco-cause-poverty


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