CADD’s ‘Smoking-Free City Campaign’ ends

Islamabad: A three-day campaign jointly organised by the Capital Administration and Development Division (CADD) and Islamabad Traffic Police (ITP) to free Islamabad from smoking has ended. The ‘Smoking-Free City Campaign’ was the brainchild of the CADD Tobacco Smoke Free Capital Project.
CADD (Health) Deputy Director General Dr Minhajus Siraj, who is also the Tobacco Smoke Free Capital project director, eulogised the Islamabad Traffic Police for committing themselves to freeing Islamabad from tobacco smoking. He requested local traders to clear their racks of illicit and smuggled tobacco cigarettes to prevent crackdown.
Dr Minhaj said the CADD was striving to protect future generations from adverse effects of the use of tobacco on human health. He said the ICT Administration had conducted several raids in the recent months to check ‘sheesha’ smoking and sale of illicit tobacco, including cigarettes, ‘gutka’ and smuggled snuff. “These smokeless tobacco products contain at least 28 cancer causing agents due to addition of addictive chemicals,” he said.
Dr Minhaj said offices of Islamabad Traffic Police had been declared tobacco-smoke free areas, while the police were determined to keep public transport vehicles clear of smoking. He said Section 6 of the Anti-Smoking Law, which prohibited smoking in public transport, was being added to challan forms subject to the approval of the law division and that under it, habitual offenders would not only be fined up to Rs100,000 but also they would be subjected to imprisonment.