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How Do Adolescents Assess and Rank the Risk of Areca Nut Use? Findings from a Study in Mumbai, India.

Nilesh ChatterjeeHimanshu A GupteGauri Mandal
Published in: Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention : APJCP (2022)
Perceptions of risk from an activity often determines preventive behaviors. Presently, adolescents do not perceive areca use as risky. In comparison to smoking they con-sider it less harmful. More research is required to better understand areca nut use and its cul-tural determinants. However, targeted health communication messages and prevention poli-cies and programmes have to be initiated to reduce areca nut use and associated burden of oral cancer.
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  • young adults
  • healthcare
  • physical activity
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  • mental health
  • cancer therapy
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  • smoking cessation
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