Background: Cancer is the most prevalent disease in today__ampersandsignrsquo;s world with oral cancer being the sixth most malignant disease in the world. Objective: The study aims at assessing the occurrence of oral cancer in patients without any habits. Methods: The study was done in a university set up in a Private Dental College, Chennai. This study was done retrospectively by analyzing case records of patients who reported between the months of June 2019 to March 2020. Simple random sampling was done to minimize sampling bias. Case sheets were filtered based on the data required. The final sample size was 50 patients with oral cancer. The data pertaining to the habits of the patient was collected. Results: It was observed that about 8% of the patients without any oral habits were seen to have oral cancer. Females suffering from oral cancer, predominantly had no associated oral habits. Conclusion: Within the limits of the study, it was found that patients having oral cancer with no adverse oral habits were significantly less. Female patients having oral cancer with no adverse habits was comparatively more than male patients.