Comment immediately ｜ Completely banned the sale of betel nut, it's time to determine

Fu Song, a 36 -year -old singer, had just died because of oral cancer. During his death, he issued a heartbroken blood to the world "cherish life and stay away from betel nut". This tragedy once again pushed the cancer of betel nut to the cusp of the public opinion field.

At present, from the market news from Yiwu, Zhejiang, the merchant has been demanded to be completely removed and banned betel nuts. The staff of the Zhejiang Provincial Market Supervision and Administration Bureau clearly stated that Zhejiang Province has issued relevant notices from early September this year to prohibit betel nut from selling for food. Yingshan County, Nanchong City, Sichuan Province, is also implementing the provincial market supervision and administration bureau to comprehensively ban the sales of betel nut. Finally, the regulatory authorities were about to shine with the "demon poison fruit" of betel nut.

It is clear that betel nut is not a snack, it is a highly addicted first -class carcinogen. Among the World Health Organization announced the list of first -class carcinogens, betel nuts actually occupied 3 seats -betel nut fruit, betel nuts containing tobacco, and betel nuts without tobacco. As a carcinogenic matter, betel nut has caused serious public health hazards. Hunan is the production and consumption province of betel nut. The prevalence of oral cancer is more than 20 times the national average. As early as 2017, it was included in Hunan male cancer death. The top 10. A "" Face Cutting Man "in the Kingdom of Betel nut" once described the tragedy of patients who suffered from oral cancer because of betel nut: they were cut off their tongue, they were cut off the tooth bed, and the surgical scars torn their faces ... … Fu Song's death is just a new example of betel nut. If you do not step on the brakes of the betel nut industry, there will be more victims.

As a huge profit industry, betel nut involves a wide range of, closely binding with local interests, and even becomes the "pillar industry" in individual places. There are more than 7,000 betel nuts in Hunan Province. It is said that the province's betel nut food manufacturers have driven relevant industries to exceed 50 billion yuan. And before, the betel nut industry, the entertainment industry, and the rice circle are highly bound. There is a saying that "betel nut feeds half of the entertainment circle". During the year, a local snack food was made into a large industry for China Saturia. These reality also allows the functional departments to taboo.

However, if the betel nut industry is allowed, the massive profits have flowed into the industry's pockets, but they will lose huge cancer hazards and medical insurance burdens to society.

In 2019, the Hunan betel nut Association issued documents, requiring all betel nut manufacturers to stop all domestic advertising and be regarded as active "break -tail survival"; in September 2021, the General Office of the State Administration of Radio and Television issued a notice to stop using radio and television TVs And online audiovisual programs to promote the sales of betel nut and its products. However, only advertising is forbidden, and it cannot help selling, limited results in the betel nut industry are limited. Since last year, this industry has not been going downhill. On the contrary, it is still growing against the trend. It is expected that by 2025, the output value of the Chinese betel nut industry will exceed 100 billion yuan. 300,000 people suffer from oral cancer because of chewing betel nut, and it is expected to exceed 1 million people across the country!

Behind the "betel nut and smoke, the magic power is boundless", there are countless faces that have been cut out of oral cancer because of oral cancer; the betel nut industry is singing high and earning a lot of money. It is a heavy public health tragedy. It is necessary to take out the determination of the "strong man to break his wrist" with this bloody industry.

Comparison horizontally, betel nuts have been identified as drugs in Singapore, UAE, Canada, Australia and other countries and have been banned. The first producer of betel nut, Thailand, the first national cancer was oral cancer. After the Thai government completely banned the sale of betel nut in 2012, the incidence of oral cancer in the country was reduced to 0.012%.

Judging from the current market supervision of Zhejiang and Sichuan, some provinces have taken the initiative to promote the sale of betel nuts, and have come up with a responsible attitude towards the people of the people. I hope that more local regulatory authorities will take the initiative to follow up. In addition, at the national level, Weijian and Municipal Supervision Systems can promptly introduce a unified restrictions -withdrawal of exit -suspension of selling, and clearly propose the timetable for the full ban on the sale of betel nuts. Signal: This industry that endangers public health cannot run wildly. It should be determined!

Source: Surging News

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