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New Cancer Cases to Soar 77% by 2050: WHO

AFP/APP Geneva: The number of new cancer cases will rise to more than 35 million in 2050—77 percent higher than the figure in 2022, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Thursday. The WHO's International Agency for Research on…

The Battle Over Tobacco Regulation

Qamar Naseem Peshawar: Whereas there is a worldwide acknowledgement that the use of tobacco adversely affects consumer health, the pro-tobacco lobby continues to vehemently resist any legislative attempts by governments to curtail its…