tobacco

APP Islamabad:The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) witnessed a bearish trend on Wednesday, with the KSE-100 Index dropping by 282.88 points (0.31%), closing at 92,021.44 points. Trading volume increased to 889.17 million shares, with a…

APP Multan: Approximately 90,000 cases of breast cancer are reported annually in Pakistan, with about 60,000 resulting in fatalities, revealed Dr Ahmed Masood Ejaz, a renowned cancer specialist, on Saturday.  Dr Ejaz made these…

News Desk  Bahawalpur: Renowned health expert Dr Muhammad Akmal Madni has highlighted the alarming prevalence of tobacco use in Pakistan, with over 29 million individuals reportedly using tobacco products. Dr Madni emphasized 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,…

Editorial Speaking to the Urdu Daily Jang, the Minister for Defense, Khawaja Asif, said that an estimated 26 ‘arab’ worth of tax cases are going through the courts. Instead of paying the tax, people resort to courts in order to delay…

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…

Asmat Shah Garwaki Peshawar: As many as 5.4 million school-aged children in Pakistan would be obese by 2030 if the unchecked sale and manufacturing of unsafe food, including chips and snacks, continued at such a high rate in markets,…

News Desk Islamabad: All points of sale are selling innovative tobacco products around points of interest for youth. These products, mainly nicotine pouches, are displayed at visible eye level for children and placed beside candies,…

News Desk ISLAMABAD: Society for the Protection of the Rights of the Child (SPARC) organized a seminar to celebrate International Youth Day 2022 on Friday. On this occasion, the Speakers highlighted the importance of banning novel…

ISLAMABAD: The health experts on Saturday underlined that Pakistan was among the world’s largest tobacco-using nations with 24 million active smokers in the country. They were speaking at a consultative session organised by Pakistan…