Background: Tobacco use including both the smoking and non-smoking forms are common in India. Tobacco in any form, either smoked or smokeless, can cause a wide spectrum of oral mucosal alterations or lesions including oral pre-cancer and oral cancer. Hence; we planned the present study to assess the frequency of occurrence of different tobacco related oral lesions. Materials & methods: A total of 25 patients with tobacco positive history and presence of tobacco associated lesions were included in the present study. Complete demographic details of all the patients were obtained.  Frequency of occurrence of different type of tobacco associated lesions was noted. Results: Commonly seen tobacco associated lesions were Palatal erythema, Tobacco pouch keratosis, Leukoplakia, Smoker’s palate and Palatal changes associated with reverse smoking. Conclusion: Oral leukoplakia was the most commonly observed tobacco related lesion in the present study.
Key words: Prevalence, Tobacco.

Correspondence to: Dr. Suresh Paul, BDS, Smile dental, Sec 2, Nerul west, Navi Mumbai 400614, Maharashtra, India

This article may be cited as: Paul S. Assessment of prevalence of tobacco related lesions among subjects of known population: An observational study. Int J Res Health Allied Sci 2018; 4(4):66-68.