Tobacco is being used in various forms including cigarette,
shisha, cigar and bidi smoking and smokeless tobacco. Smokeless tobacco
constitutes various forms of tobacco i-e paan/ betel quid, tobacco with lime,
naswar, gutka, qiwam, tobacco tooth powder, minpuri, areca nut (supari).
Qiwam consists of thick paste of
boiled tobacco mixed
with powdered spices such as saffron, cardamom, aniseed and aroma, while paan/
betel quid is a mixture of the leaf of the Piper betle vine, aqueous calcium
hydroxide paste [slaked lime].
Smokeless tobacco is commonly used in South Asia, where it has
become part of South Asian culture. Furthermore, South Asia is a major producer
and exporter of tobacco and over one-third of tobacco consumed in South Asia is
smokeless.
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