islamabad

May 31, 2016

Pakistan oceans away from plain packaging of tobacco

Islamabad While the World Health Organization is recommending plain packaging as the next step for all smoked and smokeless tobacco products, Pakistan unfortunately is still oceans away from enforcing any such measure. The country’s Ministry of Health has not only surrendered from its global commitment to increase the size of the pictorial health warning on cigarette packs from the existing 40% to 85%, but has also failed to enforce rotation of the graphic warning every six months. On...