Kazakhstan plans to outlaw popular tobacco made from chicken droppings
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ALMATY, Kazakhstan – Police in Kazakhstan say they plan to ban a popular and mildly narcotic form of tobacco made from chicken droppings as part of a drive to improve health standards.
Officials said Thursday that though the concoction, known as nasvai, does not contain any illegal substances, it can cause cancer and various infections.
Police said that nasvai is often made of a mixture of tobacco, lime and the droppings of chickens and other birds and animals.
Nasvai is sold as a powder or as tiny black balls and is applied between the bottom lip and gums, from where it slowly spreads throughout the mouth.
Another Central Asian nation, Turkmenistan, banned nasvai in 2008.
Last year, Kazakhstan outlawed smoking in public spaces.