10-stick Cigarette Pack: Health activists fear increase in consumption
ISLAMABAD, April 19 (DNA): Health activists have expressed their fear that introduction of 10-stick cigarette packs will increase consumption especially among vulnerable groups like youth and low-income individuals. Country Head of Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids (CTFK), Malik Imran Ahmed emphasized that such packs would inevitably find their way back into the local market, directly undermining efforts to discourage smoking among young people and other at-risk demographics. The tobacco industry had made similar attempts in the past but Ministry of Health did not issue the NOC, he said adding the application for 10-stick packs by the tobacco industry was deeplyRead More
PM commends UAE’s leadership response to recent rains in telephone call with President Mohamed bin Zayed
ISLAMABAD, APR 19 /DNA/ – Prime Minister of Pakistan Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif held a telephone conversation with Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the United Arab Emirates (UAE)Read More
