What happened to betel nut restrictions?

BOUGAINVILLE Regional MP Peter Tsiamalili Jnr and Moresby South MP Justin Tkatchenko have signed a deal to establish betel nut trading between their respective region and electorate.
What happened to the restrictions on the sale of betel nut in the nation’s capital?
Has the National Capital District Commission relaxed its restrictions?
Port Moresby is flooded with betel nuts from Gulf, Mekeo and other parts of Central.
How would the Bougainville betel nut supplies compete with the already flooded markets of Port Moresby?
This is not fair to the Port Morsesby-based traders.
Their profit margins will be greatly reduced.
This can cause aggressive competition and tensions among the traders.
Betel nuts should not be categorised as food.
It, however, is used to pacify the addictive cravings and tendencies people have developed and created in themselves.
My concern is about the cheap and easy access the school-aged children would have to betel nuts.
Try visit schools and observe the struggling and unhealthy lifestyles that children who are addicted to betel nut try to live daily.
Those who manage to succeed in school would grow up with the habit.
They would take the habit into their future work places.
There would always be two sides to the story on the sale and consumption of betel nuts.
People have the right to choose between wealth and health.
As an advocate for a better way of living, I suggest to all elected leaders that while they care to create opportunities for people to earn their living, they should also balance income-earning opportunities with health.

Ahu Akore