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• Tobacco, part of life among Taplejung women  

Taking cigarette or other forms of tobacco has become a part of life among many women in Taplejung district. Whether they be in the field works or other household chores, they are found using tobacco.

According to the district hospital, most of women in the district smoke cigarettes or take tobacco. "Even pregnant women smoke cigarettes and chew tobacco," said the hospital source to our correspondent. . . .

Limbu, a mother of five children, said that she had no idea about the consequences of smoking.

Karna Maya Limbu, 43, also shares a similar account. She said that she started to take tobacco for getting relief from her mental stress. She assumes that smoking releases mental stress, agony, pain and anxiety.

Both types of people-- literate and illiterate, smoke cigarette and tobacco in the district.

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