Oral cancer cases in Sindh have risen by roughly 25% over the past five years, and doctors treating the disease describe a pattern of younger patients that did not exist a decade ago. Clinicians have consistent explained the core reason. Gutka, mawa, paan, chhalia, mainpuri and naswar remain in daily use across large parts of the province.

WHO has recorded Pakistan's oral cancer rate among men as the highest in South Asia. In Karachi specifically, doctors........

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