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V. C onclusion Our results show a higher proportion of LOCP cancers among all cases in comparison with national and global statistics. Among the LOCP cancers, the subtypes which have a higher association with smoking and tobacco like oral cavity cancer and hypopharyngeal cancer have a higher incidence than those with lesser association like salivary gland tumours and lip tumours. This shows the increased need for awareness among public regarding the ill effects of smoking and alcohol. It also warrants the policy decision from the government to gradually withdraw tobacco and other related products from the market, with special emphasis to the smokeless tobacco products. Moreover, this study encourages to do more hospital-based studies apart from the studies based on registries, so that cancer patterns in each area can be discussed and thus effectively provide specific protection. A cknowledgements We acknowledge the Regional Cancer Centre, Coimbatore Medical College Hospital for their sincere cooperation and support. Funding: No funding sources Conflict of interest: None declared 23 Year 2022 Global Journal of Medical Research Volume XXII Issue I Version I ( D ) F © 2022 Global Journals Socio-Demographic and Clinical Profile of Lip, Oral Cavity and Pharyngeal Cancer in an Urban Cancer Centre in Coimbatore Tobacco and alcohol are age old risk factors for LOCP cancers. In our study, nearly 60% cases used tobacco and 47% used alcohol. Worldwide, smoked tobacco is the most common form of tobacco use. Cigarette is the most commonly consumed smoked tobacco. In India however, the usage of bidis is highly prevalent. Similarly, there is an increased use of smokeless tobacco products like gutka, pan masala etc. 19 In our study too, there is a high prevalence of tobacco and there is almost similar usage of smoked and smokeless products of tobacco. 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