Cambodian moms-to-be chew tobacco for nausea (AP)

In this Aug. 29, 2009 photo, a Cambodian woman with chewing tobacco stained teeth looks on as she and other wait to cross the border into Thailand, near Pailin, Cambodia. When morning sickness sends Cambodian women heaving, they often reach for an unlikely source of relief: a wad of chewing tobacco. Many then become hooked on spitting the addictive juice, a worrying tradition that puts both mother and baby at risk for health problems, the World Health Organization said Thursday, Dec. 3, 2009. (AP Photo/David Longstreath)AP – When pregnant Cambodian women suffer morning sickness, they often reach for an unlikely source of relief: a wad of chewing tobacco.

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