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Cancer kills over 400,000 Indians every year 

Over 400,000 Indians die every year from cancer and the disease is growing 11 percent annually - thanks to the widespread tobacco consumption in the country.

The health ministry, the World Health Organisation (WHO) and independent experts believe over 50 percent of the cancer cases stem from tobacco consumption.

'Tobacco is now the number one killer. Unless we curb tobacco consumption, it would be very difficult to reduce a huge mortality rate and the loss of human workforce due to cancer,' Vikas Bajpai, a senior oncologist in the capital, told IANS.

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