World Health Organization



WHO says Pakistan losing 164,000 lives, $2.5 billion annually due to ‘devastating impacts’ of tobacco 

  • WHO calls for taxation to be used as a tool to reduce consumption, increase revenues that can be directed toward health
  • Tax increase in Pakistan in 2023 saw tobacco use decline by 19.2 percent, 26.3 percent of smokers cut down on cigarette consumption
By NAIMAT KHAN ·