Rates of chewing are actually increasing, and a staggering 90% of our active chewers still dont know the nut is a carcinogen despite the fact that the WHO declared it so in the 1990s. Many betel nut chewers also mistakenly believe that oral cancers are untreatable, leaving many of them to delay seeking treatment
However, what started out as a fairy-tail turned into a nightmare
This evolution epitomizes our paradoxical relationship with alcohol: what began as defiance against government regulation is now rebranded as cultural sophistication
Prevalence of Chronic Diseases and Cigarette Smoking Compared to nonsmokers, current and former smokers were 5.5 times more likely to have chronic lung disease, 2.8 times more likely to have heart disease, 1.7 times more likely to have diabetes, 1.3 times more likely to have high blood pressure, 1.2 times more likely to have high cholesterol, and 1.4 times more likely to have cancer (Figure 1
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Whats behind the popularity of herbal cigarettes
