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Inside the West Bank's homemade cigarette industry

Palestinians increasingly smoke locally produced tobacco at cheap rates, causing a challenging situation for cigarette companies, tobacco growers and the Palestinian government.

A Palestinian worker fills up empty cigarettes manually with locally grown tobacco in a small factory in the town of Ya'bad near the West Bank city of Jenin October 8, 2012. REUTERS/Abed Omar Qusini (WEST BANK - Tags: SOCIETY HEALTH) - RTR38XLE
A Palestinian worker makes cigarettes manually with locally grown tobacco in a small factory in the town of Ya'bad near the West Bank city of Jenin, Oct. 8, 2012. — REUTERS/Abed Omar Qusini

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