Editing Areca nut (section)

===Oceania===
[[File:Eating Pinang prohibited.jpg|Sign saying that chewing betel-nut is prohibited, at Sentani Airport, Jayapura, Papua Province, Indonesia|thumb]]
In [[Papua New Guinea]] (PNG), betel nuts are referred to in [[Tok Pisin]] as ''buai'', and grow abundantly on the northern coast, in [[Wewak]] and [[Madang]].<ref name=swanston2023>{{cite web | last1=Swanston | first1=Tim | last2=Gunga | first2=Theckla | title=Families from PNG's Manus province are losing their loved ones to the betel nut trade, with piracy posing a deadly risk | website=ABC News | date=5 October 2023 | url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10-06/betel-nut-trade-png-deadly-risks-and-piracy/102886664 | access-date=2 November 2023}}</ref> A controversial ban on selling and chewing betel nut in public places in [[Port Moresby]], introduced in 2014 by the governor, was lifted in 2017. Because the popular nut continued to be smuggled in, prices rose dramatically. Police enforced the ban rigorously, and in 2015 two betel nut sellers died in [[Hanuabada]] after police reservists fired on a crowd.<ref>{{cite web | last=Blades | first=Johnny | title=Betel nut ban lifted in PNG capital | website=[[RNZ]] | date=5 May 2017 | url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/330172/betel-nut-ban-lifted-in-png-capital | access-date=2 November 2023}}</ref> The governor of Port Moresby introduced another ban on the nut, restricted to an area in the business district of the city in July 2023. However many people make a living out of selling betel nut, so are resistant to bans in their areas.<ref>{{cite web | last=Evans | first=Kyle | title=Port Moresby Governor launches new attempt to ban betelnut| format= audio + text | website=ABC Pacific | date=5 July 2023 | url=https://www.abc.net.au/pacific/programs/pacificbeat/port-moresby-governor-launches-new-attempt-to-ban-betelnut/102568276 | access-date=2 November 2023}}</ref> On [[Manus Island]], young men are exposed to piracy when they use small boats to travel to the northern coast to purchase betel nuts to trade, and several have disappeared.<ref name=swanston2023/>

In Australia, the importation, use, and sale of areca nut is banned, but it has been sold illegally in several [[South Asian cuisine|South Asian]] supermarkets.<ref>{{cite web |title=Banned substance betel nut readily available for sale in Australia |url=https://www.sbs.com.au/yourlanguage/punjabi/en/article/2016/10/26/banned-substance-betel-nut-readily-available-sale-australia |website=SBS.com.au |access-date=2 July 2018}}</ref>