According to a recent article in News Medical Life Sciences, researchers in The Republic of the Union of Myanmar have discovered that every patient currently undergoing treatment for oral cancer in Myanmar has at one time used a smokeless tobacco product called betel quid. A common chewing tobacco product, betel quid is made of betel leaves, areca nut, slaked lime and tobacco. But while chewing tobacco products such as betel quid have been marketed as a safer alternative to smoking, data show they could be just as dangerous.