In Pakistan, tobacco death trap bigger than terror
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The consumption of tobacco claims over 1,00,000 lives annually in Pakistan, the Daily Times quoted health experts, as saying at a news conference under the banner of National Alliance for Tobacco Control.
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Image: The consumption of tobacco claims over 1,00,000 lives annually in Pakistan
Photographs: Akhtar Soomro/Reuters
In 2009, sale of cigarettes rose from 5,000 billion to 5,900 billion sticks
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"The sale of cigarettes rose from 5,000 billion to 5,900 billion sticks a year in 2009", he informed.
"Smoking and other means of tobacco consumption kill more people annually than alcohol, Aids, accidents, illegal drugs, murders and suicides combined altogether," he said.
Tobacco was responsible for 5.4 million deaths in 2010, and this toll is expected to rise to 10 million by 2025 if the pandemic goes unchecked, he added.
Image: Men hold placards to observe World No Tobacco Day rally organised by The Pakistan Islamic Medical Association
Photographs: Akhtar Soomro/Reuters
50 pc of Pakistan's adult population addicted to tobacco
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The Head of Chest Diseases Department at Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre, Professor Nadeem Rizvi, also deplored that despite excellent anti-smoking laws in Pakistan, the government was not serious for their implementation.
He said that according to their own survey, 85 per cent tobacco selling outlets in the city are still selling cigarettes to minors, and despite a ban on smoking at national universities, smoking was not barred at 95 per cent of them.
Image: An elderly vendor grinds tobacco leaves to make traditional Naswaar, a mild stimulant, at a Peshawar market
Photographs: Reuters
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