Cheap Tobacco, Heavy Toll: A Crisis in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
PESHAWAR – In Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, naswar — a cheap, smokeless tobacco — is found in the pockets of almost every third man and many boys. For a few rupees, shopkeepers tear open thumb-sized plastic sachets and pour the fine brown grit into waiting palms. By afternoon, the marks are everywhere, drying like old blood. The […]