Wai Htet Aung, age 27, waits for his turn at a crowded betel quid stand in downtown Yangon. Customers have lined up by the table to place their orders. “It’s tasty,” he says.

Betel quid chewing is the reason for oral cancers in patients of Myanmar. Betel chewing is also linked to smoking and drinking, which are the risk factors of mouth cancer.

July 19 (UPI) --Researchers are developing a way for users to kick an addiction to betel quid -- a cheap stimulant that can lead to oral disease and cancer.By combining nicotine gum with an ...

In areas where the practise of betel quid chewing is widespread and the chewers also often smoke and drink alcohol, the relation between oral precancerous lesion and condition to the three habits ...

TAIPEI, TAIWAN — Men who chewed betel quid or smoked cigarettes before they became a parent, especially if they did so for many years, were more likely to have offspring who had early metabolic ...

Betel quid with tobacco, khaini, and gutka are some of the smokeless tobacco products that are responsible for the rapid rise of oral cancer cases in India. Areca nut or betel nut has also helped ...

Objective This study evaluates whether Taiwan’s national oral cancer screening programme, implemented in 1999, has led to a ...

Betel quid. There is some evidence that people who chew betel quid have an increased risk of liver cancer. Betel quid is a combination of betel leaf, areca nut and slaked lime. It may also contain ...