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While government and non-governmental organisations have continually launched campaigns to discourage tobacco sales, a section of sellers are still clinging to the business. They are not about to quit.
In Nyeri town, Park Lane between the Nyeri Central police line and Nyeri stage is one of the indications that shows that the business is still booming despite the anti-campaign against tobacco use.
The street is flurried with activities as laborers prepare the tobacco for use with interruptions of buyers who mostly buy the commodity wrapped with dry banana stalks.
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