Pakistan promulgated its "Prohibition of Smoking and Protection of Non-Smoking Health Ordinance 2002" in 2003. In brief, the law states:
-  no smoking or use of tobacco in any form at public places and public vehicles
- restriction on tobacco advertisements
- prohibition of sales & storage of tobacco products near educational institutions
- printing of pictorial health warnings on cigarette packs
- no "Designated Smoking Areas" anywhere
to name a few.

Ever since its promulgation, the implementation of the tobacco control laws remains a question mark for tobacco control advocates. There are examples, good and bad alike, but in general, the efforts for effective implementation are an on-going process.

Keeping the above and the theme of WNTD in mind, CTC-Pak and its members designed 53 different activities in their cities. These activities include signature signing, writing letters to policy makers, seminars, awareness sessions, walks/rallies, dialogues and (speech) competitions etc. The target audience includes students, teachers, community persons, medical professionals, drivers/conductors, traffic police, hotel management associations, lady health workers, media persons, social health workers and labour unions to name a few.

Additionally, CTC-Pak will also be representing the coalition at the federal capital, Islamabad, by participating in activities organized by the Ministry of health on May 31^st. CTC-Pak will also lead the local member in Rawalpindi city for the banner display activity (activity 18), also on May 31^st, where 70 banners carrying information and pictorial messages will be displayed on 5km road, Murree Road, which is one of the busiest .

A highlighted initiative taken by CTC-Pak this year (activity 25) is a ‘notebook sticker’ distribution ceremony in Bahawalpur city, Punjab, where around 150,000 stickers will be distributed among the heads of 54 schools of Bahawalpur district. These stickers carry information messages for elementary kids which they shall be pasting on their notebooks for the year. This activity is a response to a demand from the heads of education institutions in the meeting of “Authorised Persons” that was held in Bahawalpur in April, 2011.

Second, CTC-Pak, through its member, supported the ‘First Smoke-Free Karate Tournament’ (activity 35) in the province of Sindh where 24 karate clubs from all over the province fought for the title.

For all of the activities, CTC-Pak is providing related information materials, banners, posters, stickers, shields and cups to its members according to the requirements.A detailed report based on these will be published by CTC-Pak at the end of these activities which will also be then shared with all of its friends.

CTC-Pak, also, appreciates and thank its members for their continuous dedication and commitment when it comes to tobacco control in Pakistan.

Please click the image below to open the complete list of member organizations and their WNTD activities for the year 2011 in a new window:

A sample from information materials pack. Click to open in a new window:

For more information, kindly contact CTC-Pak.

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