Sir: Smoking not only causes cancer and heart attacks, it also causes several other diseases. It is estimated that more than 100,000 people die in Pakistan every year from tobacco addiction and equal numbers get disabled from smoking-related illnesses like cancer and heart attacks.
Research done by the World Health Organisation (WHO) in May last showed that 22 million adults, approximately 19 percent of the world population, use tobacco, and thousands of young people get caught up in the habit of smoking every year. Several efforts have been made by the government to control the spread of smoking, but all the efforts have gone in vain. I request the concerned authorities to take action regarding those industries that are not applying the pictorial warning on cigarette packets despite the health minister’s order.
BAHRAM SAYED
Kech
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