Smokeless tobacco consumption, which is widespread throughout the world, leads to oral
submucous fibrosis (OSMF), which is a long-lasting and devastating condition of the oral …

Abstract In south‐east Asia, Taiwan and Papua New Guinea, smoking, alcohol consumption
and chewing of betel quid with or without tobacco or areca nut with or without tobacco are …

Nicotine and the minor tobacco alkaloids give rise to tobacco‐specific N‐nitrosamines
(TSNA) during tobacco processing and during smoking. Chemical‐analytical studies led to …

This eighty-ninth volume of the IARC Monographs is the third and last of a series on tobacco-
related agents. Volume 83 reported on the carcinogenicity of tobacco smoke and involuntary …

Health risks stemming from betel‐quid (BQ) chewing are frequently overlooked by people.
Updated epidemiological data on the increased BQ use among Asian populations using …

Cancer of the oesophagus is the most commonly diagnosed cancer in males in Assam, in
north-eastern India, and ranks second for females. The chewing of betel nut, with or without …

Arecoline is a naturally occurring psychoactive alkaloid from areca (betel) nuts of the areca
palm (Areca catechu) endemic to South and Southeast Asia. A partial agonist of nicotinic …

One-third of all cancers worldwide can be attributed to various tobacco habits. Both in
tobacco smoke and smokeless tobacco, carcinogenic N-nitroso compounds (NOC) are …

Background. Cytogenetic studies, framed to assess the possible genomic damage caused
by areca nut consumption (without tobacco and not as a component of betel quid), were …

Two sensitive procedures to quantitate human exposure to endogenous N-nitroso
compounds (NOC) and/or methylating agents have been developed. One, the NPRO test, is …