Fear and Loathing in Port Moresby: Chewing Over the Betel Nut Ban

Sharp, Timothy

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Fear and Loathing in Port Moresby: Chewing Over the Betel Nut Ban

Date

2013

Authors

Sharp, Timothy

Publisher

Canberra, ACT : Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs, College of Asia and the Pacific, The Australian National University

Abstract

In this In Brief, Tim Sharp discusses the recent betel nut ban in Port Moresby, and implications of this ban for the thriving betel nut economy. Hard copies of Tim's recent PhD thesis entitled "Following Buai : the highlands betel nut trade, Papua New Guinea" are available through the ANU Library.