Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital and Research Centre organised its annual “Anti-Tobacco Poster Competition” to create awareness among the masses to prevent the incidences which is on the rise due to smoking on the eve of World No Tobacco Day observed every year on May 31 internationally.All major schools from all over Pakistan participated in the contest in which approximately 6000 entries were received. Chief Executive Officer of the hospital Dr. Faisal Sultan distributed shield sand certificates among the winners of the competition.
Speaking at this occasion, Dr. Faiz-ur-Rehman, Consultant Cardiologist, SKMCH&RC said tobacco usage is on the rise in the Pakistani youth which is a very dangerous trend to their health. Developed world is striving hard to educate its people about the hazards of tobacco use and they have achieved continuous declining ratio in this regard and their youth have become less prone to the tobacco use. But developing countries like Pakistan are facing huge surge in usage of tobacco and other toxic drugs in youth, he said.