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APP Multan: Once a staple in rural households across South Punjab, the hookah—commonly known as hubble-bubble—is now vanishing from the region's social fabric. For generations, it served as more than just a smoking tool; it was a cultural…

AFP/APP Paris: A major new study reveals that millions of dementia cases could be prevented or delayed by addressing various risk factors such as smoking and air pollution. However, experts caution that these measures have…

AFP/APP Washington: A Pfizer lung cancer drug has been shown to greatly reduce tumor progression and improve survival outcomes for people in the advanced stages of a rare form of the disease, according to trial results published Friday.…

News Desk Islamabad: Special Assistant to Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on #, Romina Khurshid Alam, has stated that there will be three heatwave spells in May and June. During a press conference in Islamabad, Romina Khurshid Alam…

News Desk Islamabad: TikTok has recently updated its community guidelines, introducing stricter rules regarding the display of potentially harmful content. This includes limitations on showcasing dating, drug use, sexual exploitation,…

News Desk  Islamabad: European experts have shown that individuals with genetic disorders can avoid additional medical problems and extend their lifespan by adopting a healthy lifestyle.  According to the study published in the…

News Desk Islamabad: Pakistan grapples with a significant challenge as widespread tobacco consumption affects over 31.9 million adults aged 15 years and above, comprising nearly 19.7 percent of the adult population. Annually,…

APP Islamabad: The Pakistan Tobacco Company (PTC) shared the latest market trends and informed that the sale of illicit (smuggled, tax evaded and counterfeit) cigarettes has increased to around 60 percent in South Punjab, resulting in a…

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…

News Desk Islamabad: Caretaker Federal Minister for Information, Broadcasting, and Parliamentary Affairs, Murtaza Solangi, said on Tuesday that tobacco smoking was not an addiction but rather a death pill and a threat to human lives at…