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Smokeless Tobacco, Betel Nut Drive Oral Cancer Cases In India: Lancet Study
India has the highest number of oral cancer cases among countries in South Asia, driven by increased use of smokeless tobacco products like betel quid with tobacco, gutka, khaini and areca nut, according to a study on Wednesday.
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Help Stop Areca Nut Smuggling From Myanmar: Mizoram MLA Writes To PM
A Congress MLA has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi asking for help in stopping areca nut smuggling from Myanmar, which has affected farmers in Mizoram.
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Karnataka School Buys Bus With Income From Areca Nut Farm
The farm of the school is outsourced to local people through which the school gets Rs 2.50 lakh income annually. The school has now bought a 26-seater bus, costing Rs 5 lakh, to bring students from distant places to the school.
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Why is the Betel Leaf (Paan Patta) So Significant in Hindu Traditions?
Betel leaves are as important as the sacred Tulsi plant which is worshiped in many households.
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Maharashtra Revokes Ban On Pan Masala
An anonymous FDA personnel told the media channels that the revoking of the ban was because of extreme pressure from the lobbyists.
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Ajay Devgn Issued Notice For 'Misleading Consumers' in Gutka Advert
The Health Department had in January written to Bollywood actors Shah Rukh Khan, Saif Ali Khan, Govinda, Arbaaz Khan and Sunny Leone along with Ajay Devgn, urging them not to endorse pan masala products as they contained areca nuts, a potential cancer causing agent
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Shah Rukh Khan's Wife, 3 Others Get Letter From AAP Government. Here's Why
The Delhi government on Monday urged four Bollywood actors to refrain from endorsing pan masala products as these contain areca nuts, a potential cancer causing agent.
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Delhi Government Requests Shah Rukh Khan, Others Not To Endorse Pan Masala
The Delhi government has written to Bollywood actors Ajay Devgan, Shah Rukh Khan, Saif Ali Khan, Govinda, Arbaaz Khan and Sunny Leone, urging them not to endorse pan masala products as they contain areca nuts, a potential cancer causing agent.
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Punjab bans gutka, pan masala
Punjab on Monday ordered a complete ban on the sale, storage, manufacture and distribution of tobacco-based products, gutka (tobacco-laced areca nut pieces) and pan masala in the state, an official said. Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal had approved the proposal of the state health and family welfare department for banning such products across th...
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Parrikar too was once hooked onto gutkha
The shocking image of a Class 6 boy shaking the contents of a gutkha (tobacco-laced areca nut pieces) pouch into his mouth was one of the reasons prompted Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar to quit his own gutkha-eating habit.
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Smokeless Tobacco, Betel Nut Drive Oral Cancer Cases In India: Lancet Study
India has the highest number of oral cancer cases among countries in South Asia, driven by increased use of smokeless tobacco products like betel quid with tobacco, gutka, khaini and areca nut, according to a study on Wednesday.
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Help Stop Areca Nut Smuggling From Myanmar: Mizoram MLA Writes To PM
A Congress MLA has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi asking for help in stopping areca nut smuggling from Myanmar, which has affected farmers in Mizoram.
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Karnataka School Buys Bus With Income From Areca Nut Farm
The farm of the school is outsourced to local people through which the school gets Rs 2.50 lakh income annually. The school has now bought a 26-seater bus, costing Rs 5 lakh, to bring students from distant places to the school.
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Why is the Betel Leaf (Paan Patta) So Significant in Hindu Traditions?
Betel leaves are as important as the sacred Tulsi plant which is worshiped in many households.
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Maharashtra Revokes Ban On Pan Masala
An anonymous FDA personnel told the media channels that the revoking of the ban was because of extreme pressure from the lobbyists.
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Ajay Devgn Issued Notice For 'Misleading Consumers' in Gutka Advert
The Health Department had in January written to Bollywood actors Shah Rukh Khan, Saif Ali Khan, Govinda, Arbaaz Khan and Sunny Leone along with Ajay Devgn, urging them not to endorse pan masala products as they contained areca nuts, a potential cancer causing agent
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Shah Rukh Khan's Wife, 3 Others Get Letter From AAP Government. Here's Why
The Delhi government on Monday urged four Bollywood actors to refrain from endorsing pan masala products as these contain areca nuts, a potential cancer causing agent.
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Delhi Government Requests Shah Rukh Khan, Others Not To Endorse Pan Masala
The Delhi government has written to Bollywood actors Ajay Devgan, Shah Rukh Khan, Saif Ali Khan, Govinda, Arbaaz Khan and Sunny Leone, urging them not to endorse pan masala products as they contain areca nuts, a potential cancer causing agent.
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Punjab bans gutka, pan masala
Punjab on Monday ordered a complete ban on the sale, storage, manufacture and distribution of tobacco-based products, gutka (tobacco-laced areca nut pieces) and pan masala in the state, an official said. Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal had approved the proposal of the state health and family welfare department for banning such products across th...
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Parrikar too was once hooked onto gutkha
The shocking image of a Class 6 boy shaking the contents of a gutkha (tobacco-laced areca nut pieces) pouch into his mouth was one of the reasons prompted Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar to quit his own gutkha-eating habit.
