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Background: There is general lack of knowledge concerning the sings, symptoms, and riskfactors of oral cancer in the general population, particularly among tobacco users. A challengingmeasure for the health care professions is to improve patients’ knowledge about the causesand signs of oral cancer and, more importantly, to modify their health behaviors. The mostfrequent approach used to achieve this is production of leaflet. The aim of this study was tooutline and carry out the steps involved in the production of information leaflet for tobaccousers and its evaluation. Materials and Methods: The existing materials on tobacco and its illeffects were reviewed. Leaflets were prepared based on the European Commission Guidelinesfor patient information leaflet and information packages. Subject experts reviewed the contentof leaflet. Content validity was checked using Lawshe method. Reliability was checked usingFlesch formula. Results: Content Validity Ratio (CVR) value was 0.99, which was acceptable.The reliability of the final wording of the leaflet was 80, which was classified as “fairly ease.”Conclusion: The leaflet could be used as a health education aid to motivate tobacco usersto quit tobacco use.