Betel nuts: China bans advertising for cancerous snack popular across south Asia Between 2009 and 2015, oral cancer cases were 30% higher in Hunan province Bookmark CommentsGo to comments China has cracked down on betel nuts, a cancer-causing, popular and addictive snack consumed across Asia for their stimulating properties
The horrendous impact of the habit on our physical wellbeing is very well documented, yet tobacco smoking remains the number one avoidable cause of death in the world according to the World Health Organisation (WHO)
After the Master Settlement Agreement in November 1998, the price of all brands was increased, in large part to cover the cost of the settlement
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Options to quit smoking for people under 18 include behavior counseling
Taken together, the data suggests that there is a vicious cycle of epithelial cell injury and immune activation, which in conjunction with increased susceptibility and abnormal repair mechanisms promote an abnormal airway epithelium in asthma ( 5.3 Epithelium-immune cell crosstalk in asthma In the asthmatic airway, alarmin and chemokine release induced cytokine activation is a well-recognised disease driving mechanism
