Original title: Ban the sale of betel nut in many places! The 36-year-old singer died of oral cancer after chewing betel nut for 6 years
On September 10, 2022, singer Fu Song died of oral cancer at the age of 36. Fu Song once stated on his social media platform that his oral cancer was caused by betel nut, urging everyone to “take care of life and stay away from betel nut”. His friend Bai Xue told The Paper that he chewed betel nut several times after his first illness, and eventually came to his senses, urging everyone to take no chances.
Since then, the argument “36-year-old singer died of oral cancer after chewing betel nut for 6 years” has appeared once in Weibo’s hot search and also the rumor of banning the sale of betel nut in the field. public opinion rang again.
The sale of betel nut has been banned in many places
According to Red Star News, on September 15, Mr. Xu (brother-in-law), owner of a convenience store in Niansanli Street, Yiwu City, Zhejiang Province, reported that the local food safety supervision department required traders to remove the nuts. of betel from the store and do not sell them.
“People from the Municipal Oversight Bureau notified WeChat Group on the afternoon of Sept. 15 that all betel nuts sold in convenience stores have all been removed from the shelves and cannot be sold.” Mr. Xu claimed that he just bought a batch of betel nut dealers that day, and in the afternoon I received a notice that the betel nut had been removed from the shelves and for the moment I don’t know how to manage the stock of walnuts. betel in the store.
According to Mr. Xu, due to singer Fu Song’s death from oral cancer, fewer customers recently bought betel nuts at his store than usual. “Usually, we buy more betel nuts from guys who like to smoke. Everyone can be a little worried when they see the news.”
On the afternoon of September 19, a distributor of a well-known betel nut brand in Yiwu city claimed that a few days ago some traders had asked him to remove the betel nut from the shelves, but had not received the above notice from part of the competent offices. “On September 14, the company said it would postpone the purchase, but I didn’t expect it to be that bad. But if the trader has betel nuts that he can’t sell, we’ll go to him and help him get the goods.”
In this regard, the staff of Yiwu Market Supervision and Administration Bureau confirmed to reporters that the above warning is true. The staff member said the relevant higher authorities recently demanded that “food operators in Zhejiang province are not allowed to sell betel nut products with food packaging and labels.”
“This notice is basically permanent, not short term (cancellation).“The staff member said that if the trader sells betel nut in the future, the relevant departments will punish him.” We are now guiding the trader to remove the betel nut from the shelves. “
Staff from the Zhejiang Provincial Market Supervision Administration also told reporters that Zhejiang Province has issued relevant notices since early September this year, banning the sale of betel nuts as food.
How much do you know about the dangers of betel nut?
Today, betel nut has become the third largest oral hobby after chewing gum and cigarettes. Statistics show that around 600 million people around the world have a habit of chewing betel nut. Until 2003, the properties of betel nut were subverted in the field of modern medicine. Studies have shown that there is a positive correlation between long-term chewing of betel nut and the onset of oral cancer.
Betel nut clearly linked to cancer
One of the first studies came from Papua New Guinea, a region where areca grows. After a long-term follow-up medical investigation, researchers found that nearly 60 percent of local residents love to chew betel nut, and the country has the second highest incidence of oral cancer in the world. Since then, many medical studies have followed and have subsequently clarified the relationship between betel nut chewing and oral cancer. Among them, betel nut is making oral cancer patients younger and shows a regionalized incidence.
Guan Limei, chief of the Department of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery at Xiamen University First Affiliated Hospital, introduced that the first epidemiological investigation into the carcinogenicity of betel nuts in my country began in the province of Hunan, “the local prevalence of oral cancer has long been ranked first in the country and subsequently epidemiological investigations It was found that oral cancer cases were clearly related to long-term betel nut chewing and betel nut damage since was taken seriously by the Chinese. “
In fact, as early as 2003, the International Agency for Research on Cancer, a subsidiary of the World Health Organization, listed betel nut as a Class I carcinogen (the highest level of carcinogens), with tobacco and arsenic at the same level. Medical research has found that long-term chewing of arecoline can lead to oral submucosal fibrosis, which is a precancerous lesion with a 2.3% -7.6% chance of turning into oral cancer.
“Although not all precancerous lesions will develop into oral cancer, the carcinogenic mechanism of oral submucosal fibrous lesions caused by betel nut chewing and causing oral cancer is clear, and a consensus has been reached in the international medical community.” Thanks to his many years of medical experience, it was found that chewing betel nut for a long time and drinking alcohol even increased the risk of oral cancer.
Long-term chewing of betel nut is dangerous
Compared to the long history of humans chewing betel nut, despite the carcinogenic theory of betel nut for more than ten years, many people still have a hard time accepting it. Some people have also said, “Since excessive consumption of betel nut can cause cancer, as long as you control the amount in the feeding process, okay?”
It is worth mentioning that neuromolecular imaging has found that chewing betel nut can lead to dysfunction of the emotional, cognitive and reward systems in the brain, resulting in addiction. This means that readily available betel nut is actually addictive and hard to control once you get addicted. In fact, betel nut is the fourth most used addictive substance in the world, after tobacco, alcohol and caffeine. In Taiwan and other places in my country, there are even professional assistance agencies to stop drinking walnut. betel. The oral surgeon said, “In view of the risks of betel nut, it’s best not to be curious and try new things.”
“Edible Betel Nut” is not included in the “Food Production Licensing Classification Catalog” (referred to as the “Catalog”) recently revised by the State Administration for Market Regulation in 2020.There is no basis for licensing and supervising betel nut as a food.
In September 2021, the State Radio and Television Administration issued the “Notice on Discontinuing the Use of Online Radio, Television and Audiovisual Programs to Promote and Sell Betel Nuts and their Products”,Ask to stop using online radio, television and audiovisual programs to promote and sell betel nut and its products.
Do you still eat betel nut?
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