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Smokeless tobacco product (SLT) and Smoking products are available in different brands like Rajnignadha, Vimal, Hira, and RMD (Rasikala Manikchand Dhariwal) cigar manufactured by various smokeless tobacco and smoking tobacco industries. The impact of the use of SLT users and Cigar users on plasma biochemical profile especially the levels of glucose, lipids and lipoprotein patterns, proteins, free amino acids and iron. SLT/smoking tobacco (cigar)-exposure caused permissive but significant effect role by elevating the plasma glucose levels by 12% and 15% in group II and III human exposed subjects respectively when compared to control group I subjects who do not use any SLT/smoking tobacco (cigar) products, there is a net drop in plasma iron, glycolipids with a significant increase in free amino acids. There was no change in HDL-C levels among the three groups. Triglycerides and VLDL-C were significantly elevated in SLT/smoking tobacco (cigar) exposed subjects in group II and III indicating coronary risk.