Results revealed that betel nuts, tobacco and alcohol increased the occurrence of those three kinds of cancer but a combination of the three multiplies the risks. The study has shown that chewing ...

Up to a third of all oral cancer cases worldwide are linked to chewing, sucking and sniffing tobacco or betel nuts, a major ...

Now in Taiwan, where the nuts are affectionately known as 'Taiwan's chewing gum ... of slaked lime, a betel leaf and flavourings such as cardamom, cinnamon and tobacco. Worryingly, the ...

The Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands has a new law regulating afok or bweesch — lime — that is mostly used in the Pacific islands for betel nut chewing The new CNMI law regulates ...

The Ministry of Health and Welfare has proposed a draft betel nut hazard prevention act (檳榔健康危害防制法), which would list venues where chewing the stimulant is prohibited, and would ban minors and ...

This type of cancer impacts men when compared to women due to chewing tobacco or betel nut products. The use of tobacco for ...

Saliva graces the streets. Sometimes plain and phlegmy, sometimes blood red from chewing tobacco-laced betel nut or paan, it decorates simple walls and mighty edifices alike. It even threatens ...