Many netizens think that Guangdong is a big betel nut consumption province, and many young people after 00 are often around eat areca, which is not good for their health. It is suggested that the local government consider restricting or prohibiting the sale of betel nut. The General Office of the Guangdong Provincial Party Committee responded that it had been transferred to relevant departments for study. At this stage, there are no clear laws and policies, and the sales of local betel nuts have not changed significantly. There are still many places to continue to sell.
The singer suffered from oral cancer because of chewing betel nut. After losing his life, betel nut fencing was promoted again, and hot search attracted countless netizens' attention. At present, some netizens in Guangdong suggest banning the local sales of betel nuts, but this policy has not yet been formally introduced. However, some areas in Chengdu have released relevant news, which will strengthen the supervision of betel nut products and restrict sales, and will also carry out special inspection activities, especially supermarkets and convenience stores around the school, which are concentrated in the inspection area to investigate and deal with those illegal sales of betel nuts.
Guangdong can also learn from the corresponding policies of these places. It is better to have a gradual process to give betel nut a proper living space than to sweep it away. As long as it is not allowed to endanger people's health, it can continue to sell, but businesses that illegally sell betel nuts should be dealt with seriously and accurately. Eating betel nut as food will make people dependent and addictive, which is harmful to human health, but as medicine or health food, it also has certain benefits to human body, so it is unrealistic to completely ban the sale of betel nut.
The sales situation has not changed significantly, but there is a lot of evidence that chewing betel nut will lead to oral cancer and esophageal cancer, and it will also increase the incidence of liver cancer. So for the sake of people's health, it has been dropped from the food list, which means that betel nut is not a food and cannot be sold according to food. Areca catechu is an important existence in the list of raw materials of Chinese herbal medicines, which can be classified as Chinese herbal medicines and sold according to the relevant standards of Chinese herbal medicines. This will not only make betel nut play its due value, but also be harmless to human health.