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This addictive nut causes record numbers of cancers, but millions continue to chew it

Betel nut prices fluctuate frequently. This stall in Port Moresby sells hazelnuts for one kina (20 pence) per nut – Torbjörn Wester/The Telegraph David Taim, a civil servant in Port Moresby, the capital of Papua New Guinea, always starts the day the same way. He bites into a green, unripe nut, as well as the… Read More »