filed this radio piece for today's Morning Edition on a rich tradition in India of making and chewing spice and nut packets wrapped in betel leaves called paan. It turns out that paan is being ...

For centuries, Indians have chewed betel leaves ... will revive the tradition of chewing paan. Paan is often made with the ground areca nut, which, like tobacco, is considered carcinogenic.

Areca nut has completely different chemical properties and effects. Chewing areca ... for the wrap in small bowls on a platter along with the washed and dried betel leaves. To prepare the sauce ...

Urgent legislative action is needed to protect minors Areca nut, also known as betel nut, is the fibrous seed of the Areca ...

She and her colleagues are using the current tobacco ... nut for chewing are used because they enhance the effects. For example, lime, which is calcium carbonate in powder form. There’s betel ...

A typical betel nut chew includes lime powder, piper leaf also known as pupulu and a form of tobacco including a piece of a cigarette. Paulino said with younger chewers, alcohol is added into the mix.

Paan—the glossy, heart-shaped leaf of Piper betle—has been chewed across South and Southeast Asia for centuries. While ...

This is the first in a two-part series on the past and present of the areca, better known as the betel nut. When you think of the frequently ... Members of Columbus’ fleet learned how to smoke tobacco ...

Paan is a mixture of betel nut (or areca nut), herbs and spices, and tobacco, all wrapped in betel leaf. It’s a form of chewing tobacco and it causes cancer. Paan use is common in South Asian ...