oral smokeless tobacco leaf

ID
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ADDICTO:0001021

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, in which raw tobacco leaf is powdered, flaked or sold in bundles of several long strands.

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Comment
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Leaf tobacco is custom-made by vendor/individual, and it may be chewed alone or in a betel quid or other custom-made product. A regular user consumes one 15cm piece of the strand per day.

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

Fuzzy set
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No