Zarnish Khan an actress and model talks about women smokers in an interview with Monina’s mixed plate.

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Upon talking on the issue Miss Khan said, “I think cigarette smoking has become such a cultural barrier in our society. The women from the lower class are considered fine when they smoke but when it comes to our society, the middle and upper class declare it as a stigma. Cigarette smoking is bad for health; be it for a men or woman.”

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“In Pakistan, people have created a mindset that if someone finds a girl smoking, she will be declared as a girl with loose character or anything just because she is smoking or how she dresses. Sadly, we have this mindset as a society and it has became a sort of a cultural norm, she added.