ISLAMABAD:
An international health advocacy group here on Tuesday warned that any delay in the implementation of the government decision to increase the size of the pictorial warning on cigarette packets would put a negative effect on the health of the citizens.
Speaking at a news conference at the National Press Club, Dr Tahir Turk, senior technical adviser to the World Lung Foundation, said in the developed countries people had started quitting smoking because of the strict control and steps taken by the respective governments.
As a result, the international tobacco industry was now doing 80 per cent of its business in the low and middle income countries.