The new CNMI law regulates the distribution of lime in stores. Under CNMI Public Law 23-32, no person shall sell lime for ...

In Papua New Guinea, the popularity of the psychoactive betel nut is on the rise. With mouth cancer rates soaring, the nation is struggling to control its growing addiction. Once reserved for ...

While sleeping, she swallowed a piece of betel nut that accidentally got lodged in her windpipe. Two days later, Mrs Sinha found herself in the Emergency Care Unit of Manipal Hospital Sarjapur ...

Betel nuts are eaten after having been processed commercially. Unripe or ripe nuts are shelled, boiled and sun-dried, then crushed with lime and catechu, a red, astringent extract made from boiled ...

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 ...

A Quang Ngai entrepreneur has turned betel nut sheaths into exportable tableware, providing additional income for local farmers while serving international markets. In Quang Ngai Province, discarded ...

Betelnut vendors in New Mandra and Titiana and as far as Western Gizo place their prices for a betelnut fruit from $5 to $15.

Taking part in discussions on 'Export Management of Betel Nuts Produced in Nepal' organized by the Committee on Development, Economic Affairs and Good Governance under the National Assembly today ...

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Taiwan’s health ministry announced a draft of the "Betel Nut Health Hazard Prevention Act," which prohibits consumption by minors and pregnant women and chewing betel nut in ...