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Fact sheet on newer nicotine, tobacco products unveiled in Peshawar

PESHAWAR, Nov 16 (APP):Blue Veins, a non-profit organization dedicated to public health and social development, has unveiled a comprehensive policy brief and fact sheet addressing the growing concerns surrounding newer nicotine and tobacco products. This initiative aims to equip policymakers with crucial insights into emerging trends, key challenges, and necessary policy actions for regulation. The… Continue reading Fact sheet on newer nicotine, tobacco products unveiled in Peshawar

Strengthening Track and Trace System tobacco product can save 30 to 40 billion for exchequer

ISLAMABAD, Nov 02 (APP):The health activists have urged the government and relevant authorities to strengthen the Track and Trace System for tobacco products. This is a crucial step in not only curbing illicit trade but also in ensuring the protection of the children from the harms of tobacco products and recovering the much-needed tax revenue… Continue reading Strengthening Track and Trace System tobacco product can save 30 to 40 billion for exchequer

Experts stress availability of cessation services for effective tobacco control

ISLAMABAD, Sep 4 (APP):Effectively reducing the prevalence of tobacco along with offering cessation services in healthcare centers, and robust advocacy efforts to counter innovative misinformation marketing tactics of novel smokeless tobacco products was the key to stemming the growing use of smoking products, said tobacco control experts at a webinar on Monday. The webinar was… Continue reading Experts stress availability of cessation services for effective tobacco control

PM directs complete end to tax evasion in cigarette manufacturing sector

ISLAMABAD, Dec 28 (APP): Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday directed for immediate eradication of smuggling and tax evasion in the cigarette manufacturing sector. Chairing a high-level meeting to stamp out the smuggling of tobacco and to discourage the tendency of tax evasion, the prime minister also directed the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR)… Continue reading PM directs complete end to tax evasion in cigarette manufacturing sector

A vendor smoking Huqqa (smoking instrument) while displaying tobacco and part of traditional smoking instrument (Huqqa) at his shop in Provincial Capital

APP47-061021 LAHORE: October 06 - A vendor smoking Huqqa (smoking instrument) while displaying tobacco and part of traditional smoking instrument (Huqqa) at his shop in Provincial Capital. APP photo by Mustafa Lashari
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Moving away from traditional cigarettes to less harmful HTPs

By Najam ul Hassan ISLAMABAD, Aug 8 (APP):Thousands of people die every year owing to smoking traditional combustible tobacco with many more suffering chronic diseases. Combustible cigarettes cause hazards to human health therefore they must be phased out to save the humanity from severe causes, one of the biggest tobacco company Phillip Morris International (PMI)… Continue reading Moving away from traditional cigarettes to less harmful HTPs

WHO launches year-long campaign to help 100 million people quit tobacco

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UNITED NATIONS Dec 08 (APP): The UN World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday announced the start of a year-long global campaign to help people quit tobacco, with millions citing the threat of coronavirus as a new incentive to give up the habit. Tobacco kills up to half of its users, claiming more than 8 million… Continue reading WHO launches year-long campaign to help 100 million people quit tobacco

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