zarda

ID
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ADDICTO:0001015

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 boiled and dried tobacco leaves are mixed with lime, spices and vegetable dyes (sometimes areca nut and/or silver flecks) to make a flaky product.

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Synonyms
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  • dokta
  • vizapatta
Comment
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An oral smokeless tobacco-containing poduct, in which boiled and dried tobacco leaves are mixed with lime, spices and vegetable dyes (sometimes areca nut and/or silver flecks) to make a flaky product. Zarda is commercially manufactured, and it may be chewed by itself, or with chopped areca nuts and spices, or added as an ingredient in betel quid.

Examples
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https://untobaccocontrol.org/kh/smokeless-tobacco/paan-betel-quid-tobacco/#zarda https://cancercontrol.cancer.gov/sites/default/files/2020-06/smokelesstobaccoandpublichealth.pdf

Fuzzy set
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No