kharra

ID
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ADDICTO:0000975

Curation status
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Proposed
Created
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24 Aug '21

Modified
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24 Oct '24

Definition
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A smokeless tobacco-containing product that is designed for oral use, in which tobacco is mixed with areca nut, lime, catechu and additional ingredients to form a coarse powder.

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Comment
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Kharra may be custom-made by vendor/individual or premade in cottage industry, and it is held in the mouth and sucked or chewed.

Examples
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https://untobaccocontrol.org/kh/smokeless-tobacco/paan-betel-quid-tobacco/#kharra https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6077969/

Fuzzy set
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No