Is betel nut with cigarettes really "magical?"

# Jingjing Jingjing # I often hear friends in the workshop say a mantra: "Betel nut plus cigarettes has infinite magic". Maybe this is a joke, but it is not difficult to see that there are not a few people who are addicted to smoking and chewing betel nut at the same time. The author specifically talked about the harm of smoking the day before yesterday. The harm of betel nut to the body and the proportion of smoking may be even.

As early as the beginning of this century, betel nut was certified as a first-class carcinogen by world authorities. Why do so many people chew? There must be an addiction mechanism.

When many people chew betel nut for the first time, they will feel that it is too irritating to the throat and mouth, and they can't stand it, and even have symptoms of dizziness and vomiting. However, this does not affect the dependence of more and more young people on it.

Betel nut contains a substance called arecoline, which will stimulate our nervous system and make people feel excited. In the long run, it has quietly laid the groundwork for its addiction.

Chewing betel nut often causes oral mucosal damage, causing ulcers, gingival degeneration and submucosal fibrosis. Repeated rubbing of betel nut fiber causes local oral mucosal damage, and arecoline in betel nut can easily make carcinogens penetrate into mucosal tissue, cause mucosal tissue degeneration, and then lead to oral cancer. Studies have shown that the incidence of oral cancer caused by chewing betel nut is 8 to 9 times that of normal people.

To say that betel nut mixed with tobacco is "magical", I can understand it as "magical" for its harm to the body. I suggest you chew betel nut less and smoke less.