[41] The rate of oral cancer has grown substantially in Pakistan due to chewing of paan
The FDA announced a proposed rule in April 2022 based on evidence that cigar use poses serious health risks, flavors increase the appeal of cigars and make them easier to use, especially for youth, and removing flavored cigars from the market would reduce the number of youth who smoke cigars
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For FDA, the definition of "tobacco products" comprises tobacco products immediately covered under the TCA (cigarettes, cigarette tobacco, roll-your-own tobacco, smokeless tobacco) as well as newly deemed tobacco products (e.g., ENDS)
Hussain reckons purveyors of paan are exploiting the community that has been reliant on it for so long