Some are mild stimulants, filled with betel nut or tobacco, which take hours to chew. Anand Pan Centre in Upton Park has become one of the most famous pan shops in world since it opened twenty ...

Scantily-clad young women peddle betel nuts to passers-by in Taiwan. Taiwan has launched a campaign to get locals kick off the habit of chewing the nuts, nicknamed as "Taiwan's chewing gum," which ...

Mong Shuan was just 16 when she turned to an unconventional source of income: selling betel nuts from a little stall in northern Taiwan. The stimulant, a small, oblong fruit derived from areca ...

Deeply rooted in the traditions and rituals of Taiwan's indigenous peoples, betel – or areca nut – is also consumed by blue-collar workers, such as labourers and drivers, who chew it to keep ...

Talking about the same, Anand said: "I fondly remember Kishore Da and the studio where we recorded this song. The moment he entered the studio, he asked for a betel nut leaf (paan), as the ...

Worldwide, about 300 million people use smokeless tobacco and 600 million people use areca (also called betel) nut, one of the most popular psychoactive substances in the world after nicotine ...