L. Leelavathi, Dhanraj Ganapathy. Herbals For Tobacco Cessation - A Review. Int J Dentistry Oral Sci. 2021;8(7):3368-3370. 3368 OPEN ACCESS https://scidoc.org/IJDOS.php Herbals For Tobacco Cessation - A Review Research Article L. Leelavathi 1* , Dhanraj Ganapathy 2 1 Senior lecturer, Department of Public Health Dentistry, Saveetha Dental College and Hospitals, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Saveetha University, Chennai-77,India. 2 Professor and Head, Department of Prosthodontics, Saveetha Dental College and Hospitals, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Saveetha University, Chennai-77,India. International Journal of Dentistry and Oral Science (IJDOS) ISSN: 2377-8075 *Corresponding Author: L. Leelavathi, Senior lecturer, Department of Public Health Dentistry, Saveetha Dental College and Hospitals, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Saveetha University, Chen- nai- 77, India. E-mail: leelavathi.sdc@saveetha.com Received: May 04, 2021 Accepted: July 09, 2021 Published: July 18, 2021 Citation: L. Leelavathi, Dhanraj Ganapathy. Herbals For Tobacco Cessation - A Review. Int J Dentistry Oral Sci. 2021;8(7):3368-3370. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.19070/2377-8075-21000684 Copyright: L. Leelavathi © 2021. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribu- tion and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Introduction Tobacco use continues to be the major cause of preventable death throughout the world. Nearly 6 million people died because of to- bacco use and huge economic loss occurred throughout the world every year. Most of these deaths happen in low- and middle-in- come countries, and this inequality is expected to extend further over the next few decades. If this trend continue, more than 8 million people will die because of tobacco use by 2030 through- out the world and hence more death would occur if proper ac- tions are not taken[1]. It was reported that there was a decrease in the tobacco use prevalence. Around one third of the population in the world in the age group of 15 years and above used tobacco in the year 2000 and the prevalence of tobacco use was decreased to around one fourth of the population in the year 2015[2]. Tobacco And Nicotine Addiction Nicotianarustica and Nicotianatabacum are the plants, from which tobacco is most commonly produced. These plants were identifed before eighteen thousand years when the Asians shifted to America. Tobacco was been cultivated all over India and been used as an insecticide in farming, performing religious rituals[3]. Cigarette smoke consists of more than 7,000 chemicals that in- cludes sixty-nine known carcinogens and numerous toxicants involved in various diseases[4,5]. Volume of the puff, blocked ventilation holes and number of puffs per cigarette has a large impact on the levels of carcinogenic, toxic, and addictive com- pounds delivered to the tobacco user in cigarette smoke. The leaf of the tobaccoconsists of many alkaloid chemicals, among which nicotine contributes the large part. Based on the position of the leaf on the stalk of tobacco and also the type of leaf used in the cigarette the nicotine content of the tobacco product differs. As nicotine is similar to the acetylcholine, neurotransmitter in the brain, they are addictive to humans[5]. Addiction is defned as a chronic, relapsing brain disease that is Abstract Tobacco usage is one among the preventable cause of morbidity and mortality. Tobacco use is related with various diseases including stroke, lung cancer, cardiovascular and respiratory diseases. Tobacco cessation can reduce premature death and it also improves the quality of life. Smoking cessation is becoming a vitalpart of tobacco control policies and various tobacco cessation programs are initiated that focuses on prevention of tobacco use, diagnosis of tobacco dependence and cessation of tobacco use. Smoking is one of the addictive habits and most of the tobacco users fnd diffculty in stopping the habit by themselves and they seek professional guidance in tobacco cessation. Behavioural counselling, nicotine replacement therapies, bupropion and varenicline are the commonly used methodsfor smoking cessation. There is not much information available pertaining to the use of natural agents in tobacco cessation and hence this review was done with an aim to explore the role of herbs in smoking cessation. Keywords: Tobacco Use; Lung Cancer; Smoking Cessation; Herbs