Still more frustrating are the myths to which betel-nut chewers cling: that only a small percentage will get oral cancer; that modern lifestyles, not betel nut, cause cancer; that white-lime betel nut is safer than red-lime betel nut; and that users won't get cancer if they chew only the drupe.
更令人挫折的是，普遍存在紅唇族心中的迷思仍難以突破，比如「吃檳榔得口腔癌的只是少數人，某某阿嬤吃了幾十年還不是好好的」、「癌症是因為現代人生活習慣改變導致，不能只怪檳榔」、「吃白灰檳榔比紅灰好」、「只吃菁仔不會致癌」等等。