Health Hazards of Gutkha: An Update Article.

ABSTRACT

Gutka or Gutkha is a partial grinded mixture of areca nut (beetle nut or supari), smokeless tobacco, catechu, paraffin and sweet smelling chemicals in limewater. It is popular and mainly manufactured in India and exported to some other countries like Bangladesh, Pakistan, Nepal etc and is used as a mild stimulant and highly addictive. It is consumed like smokeless or chewing tobacco and causes several health hazards. It is a leading cause of oral cancer born deaths in India. It is continuously selling in some parts of India by shopkeepers without any care of imposing a ban for a high profit on the other hand clever manufacturers provide Gutka stuff.