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The Public Health Inspector’s Union of Sri Lanka has announced plans to take strict legal action to ban the use, sale, and distribution of tobacco-mixed betel quid. The move comes as oral cancer remains one of the leading cancer types reported in the country. Union Treasurer M.A.C. Prasad stated that tobacco-mixed betel quid is a primary cause of oral cancer. The warning signals a major public health effort to curb the deadly habit. Article source: srilankamirror.com | Image credit: Sri Lanka Mirror
The Public Health Inspector’s Union of Sri Lanka has announced plans to take strict legal action to ban the use, sale, and distribution of tobacco-mixed betel quid. The move comes as oral cancer remains one of the leading cancer types reported in the country. Union Treasurer M.A.C. Prasad stated that tobacco-mixed betel quid is a primary cause of oral cancer. The warning signals a major public health effort to curb the deadly habit.
Article source: srilankamirror.com | Image credit: Sri Lanka Mirror
