Health Minister To Submit A Cabinet Paper To Ban Importing Areca Nut Based Products To Sri Lanka

Minister of Health,Nutrition and Indigenous Medicine Dr.Rajitha Senaratne is due to submit a cabinet paper to the cabinet soon regarding the ban importing of .Areca nut based products like "Babul"and "Beeda" to sri lanka in view of reducing the spreading of oral cancer in the society according to the Ministry Of Health  .

Due to the chewing Areca nuts and products based on it spreading oral cancer in sri lanka  is on the increase according to the Ministry,

Recently a six month old infant in Peradeniya and one and half year old child In another area have shown symptoms of oral cancer due to mistakenly consumed Areca nut pieces chewed by their parents the health minister has revealed.