PM directs FBR to stop illegal sale of tobacco products

Orders installation of track and trace system in all the cigarette factories Published 01 Jun, 2023 08:58pm

Australia targets Big Tobacco in crackdown on vaping

It will ban single-use disposable vapes Published 02 May, 2023 08:45am

Smoking cannabis may be more harmful to lungs than tobacco: study

"People usually take bigger puffs and hold the smoke in their lungs longer for marijuana, which may lead to more trauma to those air spaces." researcher Published 16 Nov, 2022 09:57am

Swabi, Mardan tobacco growers claim increased tax has all but crushed industry

Senators promise tobacco manufacturers their voices will be heard fairly Published 25 Oct, 2022 03:24pm

KP reduces tobacco and Naswar taxes by half

The govt had imposed Rs75b taxes on tobacco products to discourage use Published 07 Aug, 2022 06:32pm

Anti-tobacco advocates urge govt to increase tobacco tax

Say this is an effective method of decreasing cigarette consumption Published 10 Jun, 2020 01:08pm

Tobacco use kills 160,189 Pakistanis every year

It's the greatest cause of death in the country Published 25 Apr, 2019 03:59am

Bad diets kill more people than tobacco, say researchers

11m preventable deaths happen every year due to unhealthy eating Published 05 Apr, 2019 08:29am

Pakistan's next big challenge -- illicit trade in the tobacco industry

Locally manufactured cigarettes are being sold at street prices even below the minimum tax payable on a pack Published 14 Dec, 2018 09:54am

Smoking kills 100,000 people every year in Pakistan

Published 31 May, 2018 01:44pm

Heartbreaker? Smoking causing millions of heart attacks, strokes: WHO

Published 30 May, 2018 11:30pm

Tobacco companies got Pakistan's govt to water down packet health warnings

Updated 30 May, 2018 06:24am

Rs2.5b spent on gutka in Thatta, Sujawal: survey

Published 18 Mar, 2018 09:20am

Big tobacco wins in smoke-friendly SE Asia: watchdog

Published 28 Nov, 2017 12:14pm

'Smoking kills,' US tobacco firms say in court-ordered ads

Published 26 Nov, 2017 10:17pm

Japan firm rewards non-smokers

Updated 01 Nov, 2017 11:03am

Switching to e-cigs would delay millions of deaths : study

Published 02 Oct, 2017 11:18pm

Sale of e-cigarettes banned in Jammu, Kashmir

Published 25 Jul, 2017 04:03am

Tobacco use among US students dropped sharply in 2016: study

Published 16 Jun, 2017 06:02am

"World No Tobacco" day observed

Published 31 May, 2017 11:07am

Heart arteries get clogged after smoking weakens a gene: study

Published 02 May, 2017 05:40am

‘Smoking causes cancer, other dangerous diseases’

Updated 30 Dec, 2016 07:39am

E-cigarettes a 'major public health concern': US surgeon general

Published 08 Dec, 2016 10:39pm

Ex James Bond Brosnan's Indian pan ad leaves fans in splits

Published 07 Oct, 2016 12:22pm

23.9 million adults use tobacco in Pakistan

Published 11 Sep, 2016 02:23pm

Common terms in the fast-growing vaping subculture

Published 30 Dec, 2015 08:16pm

China's smoking death toll to double to 2 million in 2030: study

Published 09 Oct, 2015 02:08am

Cancer deaths worldwide to rise over 11 mln in 2030

Published 27 Jul, 2015 10:34am

With feds slow to act, states target e-cigarette sales to minors

Published 10 Jul, 2015 07:57am

WHO urges govts to raise tobacco taxes to beat smoking

Published 07 Jul, 2015 07:37am