Tag: Tobacco
Sheesha more toxic than smoking tobacco: study
ISLAMABAD: While the popularity of sheesha (tobacco pipe) has increased in recent years, researchers said it may be more dangerous than other forms of smoking...
Air pollution a new tobacco killing 7m people a year, warns...
ISLAMABAD: Air pollution is the “new tobacco”, the head of the World Health Organisation has warned, saying that the simple act of breathing is...
SKMCH organises awareness campaign against tobacco use
LAHORE: Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital & Research Centre (SKMCH&RC) ran a comprehensive awareness campaign on World No Tobacco Day on Wednesday to highlight...
ITP launches drive against smoking on public transport
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad Traffic Police (ITP) in collaboration with the Capital Administration and Development Division (CADD) launched a campaign Wednesday against smoking on public...
Pakistan ranked 54th in terms of high tobacco smoking: Senate told
ISLAMABAD: Minister for National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination Saira Afzal Tarar on Wednesday informed Senate that Pakistan was ranked 54th amongst 84 countries...
Tobacco, Sheesha prohibited in federal capital: minister
Talal says ICT-backed six teams monitoring all tobacco control laws
ISLAMABAD: State Minister for Interior Muhammad Talal Chaudhary on Tuesday informed the Senate that tobacco/Sheesha...
Tobacco-related diseases kill over 160,000 people in Pakistan annually: report
ISLAMABAD: More than 160,000 people are killed by tobacco-caused diseases in Pakistan every year.
According to the latest edition of Tobacco Atlas published earlier this month,...
Paan sellers threaten to spread their protest countrywide
LAHORE: The traders and sellers of betel nuts and paan on Friday staged a protest outside the Lahore Press Club against the Punjab Food Authority...
PFA directs dealers to close ‘chhalia’ business by April 31
LAHORE: The Punjab Food Authority (PFA) on Saturday warned chhalia (betel nut) dealers and traders to shut their business down by April 31, otherwise a...
Spanish police seize 250 tonnes of tobacco worth $47 million
MADRID: Spanish police seized 250 tonnes of contraband tobacco leaves worth 40 million euros ($47 million) in the biggest such haul in Europe on...
TCC conducts over 402 sessions to control tobacco use
The Tobacco Control Cell (TCC) of Ministry of National Health Services has conducted more than 402 awareness and capacity building sessions for the law...
Duty on tobacco has not resulted in proportionate growth in revenue
The continued increase in Federal Excise Duty (FED) on tobacco has not resulted in a proportionate growth in revenue for the national exchequer, as...
Govt urged to slap more taxes on tobacco
Doctor says as many as 5,000 people admitted to hospitals daily owing to tobacco-related diseases
Highlighting the alarming number of deaths related with tobacco every...
Trebling tobacco tax ‘could prevent 200 million early deaths’
Trebling tobacco tax globally would cut smoking by a third and prevent 200 million premature deaths this century from lung cancer and other diseases, researchers said...
Tobacco manufacturers accuse FBR of violating rules
In haste to issue an Request for Proposal for the Procurement Tax Labels and Supervision System to tackle illicit trade of tobacco in Pakistan,...
Bloomberg wants tobacco products out of sight in NYC
Cigarettes would have to be kept out of sight in New York City stores under a first-in-the-nation plan unveiled by Mayor Michael Bloomberg on...
Citizens demand prevention of sale of tobacco to minors
Citizens on Tuesday stressed the need for making proper strategies to prevent sale of tobacco to minors in the federal capital. They said sincere...
