Men and women may be employed to carry spittoons to enable paan chewers to spit in them. |
The delicacy of paan is enjoyed all over the Indian subcontinent including Bangladesh. |
It was observed that the street children start with chewing paan and gradually change to tobacco to solution to ganja to alcohol. |
When combined with fennel, anise and areca nuts, star anise is often used as a digestive aid and breath freshener in paan. |
A section on tobacco risks includes links on the connection between chewing Gutkha or paan and developing mouth cancer. |
Although it is sometimes used as a palate cleanser and digestive aid, paan often acts as a caffeinelike stimulant and is addictive. |