Smokeless tobacco and areca nut use are widespread habits. While they might seem like harmless alternatives to smoking, the ...

Smokeless tobacco and areca nut pose significant health risks, including lung, oral, and cardiovascular diseases. Despite ...

A new study by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), with contribution from Karolinska Institutet, has ...

Research published in the medical journal ‘The Lancet Oncology’ revealed that India had the highest number of oral cancer ...

But as the world grows aware of the health risks associated with tobacco, the exponential growth of Areca Nut – known as supari in Hindi – continues unabated. Areca Nut is the seed of the ...

Global burden of oral cancer in 2022 attributable to smokeless tobacco and areca nut consumption: a population attributable ...

Bhutan exports areca nut to India during the peak season and imports equally if not more from India during the lean season. Records with the Department of Agricultural Marketing and Cooperatives (DAMC ...

A recent IARC study reveals that India accounts for over 83,400 of the global oral cancer cases linked to smokeless tobacco ...

India has the largest number of oral cancer cases caused by smokeless tobacco (chewed, sucked on or sniffed) and areca nut ...

Our findings suggest that one in three cases of oral cancer globally are attributable to smokeless tobacco or areca nut ...

Areca growers in Karnataka experienced a rude shock recently when traders in north India rejected truckloads of their produce, citing poor quality. This hit the areca price in the market by nearly ...

India has allowed the import of green (raw) areca nut from Bhutan without the minimum import price (MIP), which was Nu 251 per kg. Bhutan can now export 17,000 metric tonnes (MT) of fresh areca nuts ...