December 06, 2008 |
Press Release |
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Tobacco industry
‘saving lives’ -
Anti-tobacco
activists criticise move |
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In a fascinating
development, a leading Karachi-based tobacco industry joined hands
with the Pakistan Red Crescent Society (PRCS) to commemorate the
International Volunteers Day here on Friday.
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November 27, 2008 |
Press Release |
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Ulema's
conference on tobacco control being held today |
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The Ministry of Health will arrange
a day long Ulema's conference on tobacco control here on Thursday to
build alliance with religious leaders. The objectives of the
conference included making strategies to accelerate tobacco control
through mosques and to raise the awareness of the Ulema on issues of
tobacco use.
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November 07, 2008 |
Press Release |
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UN terms smoke-free air the
norm worldwide |
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While Pakistan is yet to
take a decision on reversal of the widely criticised statutory regulatory
order (SRO) containing guidelines
for the establishment of designated
smoking areas (DSA), the United
Nations General Assembly set a
shining example on November 3 by
making the United Nations
Headquarters in New York City
completely smoke-free.
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November 06, 2008 |
CTC-Pak Press Release |
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CTC-Pak's
Public appeal regarding DSAs picked up by media |
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November 05, 2008 |
CTC-Pak Public Appeal |
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Public appeal to repeal the SRO regarding DSAs |
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November 03, 2008 |
Press Item |
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New mindset in ministry may soon take on the tobacco lobby |
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For the first time,
international regulations and agencies are hopeful that the
statutory regulatory order (SRO) on Designated Smoking Areas (DSAs)
may be withdrawn in days to come.
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October 18, 2008 |
CTC-Pak Press Item |
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CTC-Pak supports journalists' initiative |
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Coalition For
Tobacco Control in Pakistan (CTC-Pak) has strongly supported the
initiatives taken by Journalist Health Forum (JHM) regarding tobacco
control in Pakistan. The National Coordinator CTC-Pak, Mr. Khurram
Hashmi, has in a statement welcomed the suggestions made by the JHM
as the recent SRO regarding permission of Designated Smoking Areas
(DSAs) would greatly affect the drive for effective tobacco control
in Pakistan.
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October 10, 2008 |
Press Item |
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Health Ministry provides legal cover to smoking lounges |
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In a shocking development,
which is being interpreted by health experts and activists as "yet
another triumph of the tobacco industry," the ministry of health has
provided legal cover to the long-disputed smoking lounges around the
country by issuing guidelines for the establishment of Designated
Smoking Areas (DSAs).
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September 05, 2008 |
CTC-Pak Press Item |
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Tobacco
industry's violation of tobacco control laws |
Tobacco industry continues to violate
tobacco control laws by finding loopholes in the existing tobacco
control ordinance and taking advantage of lack of proper
implementation. The industry keeps on challenging the government’s
drive for effective tobacco control in the country by occupying more
space in media and resorting to other tactics with the passage of
time.
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September 03, 2008 |
Press Item |
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More delay in health warnings on
cigarette packs |
The Ministry of Health has finally approved a new set of health
warnings for cigarette packs, but these will be introduced with a
delay of seven months as the previous timeline of January 1, 2009,
has now been extended to July 1, 2009. The new health warnings,
which will be in place on a six-monthly rotational basis with effect
from July 1, are ‘Smoking causes throat and mouth cancers,’ ‘Protect
children: do not let them breathe your smoke,’ ‘Quit smoking, live
longer,’ and ‘Smoking severely harms you and others around you.’
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August 30, 2008 |
Press Item |
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Tobacco industry preaching 'responsibility' |
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August 29, 2008 |
CTC-Pak Partner Press Item |
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Tobacco consumption deepens poverty in
the third world. |
Tobacco
use hurts dis-proportionately the poor and deepens poverty in the
third world by siphoning money needed for basic necessities such as
food, shelter and education, said senior pulmonologist, Dr. Javaid A
Khan. The head of Pulmonology Department, Aga Khan University, in
his presentation warned tobacco consumption, mainly smoking, was
particularly killing wage earners in prime of their lives.
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August 23, 2008 |
Press Item |
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Countrywide advocacy for
introduction of pictorial health warnings on the cards |
Out
to introduce packaging reforms
through amendments in the existing
tobacco control legislation,
TheNetwork for Consumer Protection
has embarked on a countrywide
advocacy and awareness campaign for
introduction of rotating pictorial
warnings on 50 per cent of the
cigarette pack; a statement on the
pack about product constituents and
emissions; and prohibition of sale
of smaller packs and in loose
packing.
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August 20, 2008 |
Press Item |
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Smoking banned in all Punjab prisons |
The Punjab government has announced
a ban smoking in all the prisons of the province.
Punjab Prisons Minister Chaudhry
Abdul Ghafoor, while addressing the
inaugural session of workshop on
“Tobacco Smoking-A Preventable
Epidemic” at the University of
Health Sciences (UHS) on Tuesday,
said the level of awareness about the hazards of smoking, second
hand smoking, responsibilities and authorities under the law and the
initiatives taken by the government for tobacco control was
extremely low among the masses.
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July 28, 2008 |
Press Item |
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Tobacco use among women on the rise |
More and more girls and women in
Pakistan are turning to tobacco use, this being a clear sign of the
closing gender gap as smoking among girls is constantly increasing
as a result of changing social norms and the tobacco industry’s
targeting of young women.
There are an estimated 25 million
smokers in Pakistan, with the male to female ratio being 4:1.
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July 21, 2008 |
The New York Times |
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The Spy Who Rolled His Own Smokes |
When it comes to movie
character-building, cigarettes are an easy choice. But the prop’s
mystique was traceable to reality, of course. Before James Bond,
there was his creator: Ian Fleming, who was known to smoke 80
cigarettes a day.
In a similar vein, a bit of
character-building appeared over the
weekend in a Week in Review article
by Mark Mazzetti, who covers the
intelligence beat for The New York
Times. While exploring the
complicated relationship between
American and Pakistani spies, he
described the “odd affectations” of
Gen. Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, who
headed Pakistan’s Directorate for
Inter-Services Intelligence until
last year:
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June 30, 2008 |
Press Item |
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It was just one cigarette and... |
A resident of Gunbad, Mardan
district, Khan is one of hundreds of
drug addicts being treated at the
rehabilitation centers of Dost
Foundation. “I was a routine smoker,
but that night the cigarette offered
to me was not a routine one,” said
Khan who has been undergoing
rehabilitation exercises at the
treatment center for the last two
months.
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June 30, 2008 |
Press Item |
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Smokers and passive: smokers equally at risk |
Smokers and passive smokers have an
equal chance of contracting fatal diseases caused by smoking,
claimed Pakistan Medical Society (PMS) President Dr Masood Sheikh. “There is no difference between
smoking and passive smoking. A
smoker is at risk. However, a
non-smoker who inhales the smoke
exhaled by a smoker is at equal
risk. This poses a serious issue.”
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June 18, 2008 |
Press Item |
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Flat water rates to hit tobacco growers hard |
The farmer community, particularly
tobacco growers, of the province will have to suffer from what the NWFP government claimed to benefit
the agriculture sector through tax
reforms announced in the annual
budget for 2008-09.
In its budget proposals, the Awami
National Party and Pakistan People’s
Party coalition government has fixed
water rates (abiana) for various
crops being cultivated in the
Frontier province.
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June 13, 2008 |
Press Item |
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Cigarette prices increase by 11-20% |
The prices of cigarettes showed
around 11 to 20 percent increase on Thursday, the first day after
presentation of the federal budget 2008-09.Major impact in terms of percentage
has been witnessed on B-grade brands
while the prices of A-grade brands
rose but in terms of percentage it
was less.
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June 11, 2008 |
The UNION's Press Item |
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A global report on care of non-communicable diseases in sub Saharan
Africa by The Union and its partners to be published by the Public
Library of Science |
The International Union
Against Tuberculosis and
Lung Disease (The Union), an international organization established
in 1920 to fight
tuberculosis and promote lung health worldwide, has prepared a
report, published in PLoS Medicine by the Public Library of Science
(PLoS), on managing diabetes, asthma, high blood pressure, epilepsy
and other non-communicable diseases in sub-Saharan Africa that will
provide lessons for treating patients worldwide.
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June 01, 2008 |
Press Item |
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Smokefree transport assured |
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May 31, 2008 |
CTC-Pak's Press Item |
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Walk participants want raises in tax on tobacco products |
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Experts concerned over rising tobacco addiction
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May 31, 2008 |
The UNION's Press Item |
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Urgent action to curb tobacco marketing to youth |
The International Union Against
Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (The Union), an international
organisation established in 1920 to fight TB and promote lung health
worldwide, today celebrates World No Tobacco Day by calling on
governments to enact policies that protect young people: bans on
tobacco promotion, increases in taxes, and graphic picture warning.
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May 30, 2008 |
CTC-Pak's Press Item |
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Public service vehicles
highest violators of tobacco control laws |
Public Service
vehicles continue to be the highest violators of tobacco control
laws introduced under the Prohibition of Smoking and Protection of
Non-Smokers Health Ordinance 2002 which was enforced in July 2003.
Commuters, including drivers and conductors, were found smoking in
80 percent of the public vehicles plying on the roads in different
cities of the country.
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May 30, 2008 |
WHO's Press Item |
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Ban on all tobacco
advertising to protect youth |
The World Health Organization urged
governments to protect the world’s 1.8 billion young people by
imposing a ban on all tobacco advertising, promotion and
sponsorship. The WHO call to action comes in advance of World No
Tobacco Day, 31 May. This year’s campaign focuses on the
multi-billion dollar efforts of tobacco companies to attract young
people to its addictive products through sophisticated marketing.
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May 30, 2008 |
Press Item |
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Cigarette packs to have
new warnings every six months |
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May 28, 2008 |
CTC-Partner's WNTD activity |
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World No Tobacco Day
Radio Programme on FM-100 |
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Apr 03, 2008 |
CTC-Pak's Press Item |
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Fighting the disease |
World TB Day was
commemorated all over the world including Pakistan to invite people
to actively participate in the fight against the killer disease --
Tuberculosis. The force behind the commemoration of this annual
occasion is, within the Stop TB Partnership, The International Union
Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, known as The Union, an
international organisation
established in 1920.
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Mar 29-30, 2008 |
CTC-Partner's Press Item |
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Releases on
“Fascinating” Schemes for Tobacco Promotions as appeared in
local newspapers by Community Development Foundation, CTC-Pak
member in Jacobabad. |
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Mar 26, 2008 |
CTC-Pak's Press Item |
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“Fascinating” Schemes for Tobacco Promotions |
Coalition For Tobacco Control – Pakistan (CTC-Pak) and other civil
society organizations working for the prohibition of smoking and
protection of non-smokers’ health have expressed their concern over
blatant violation of rules by tobacco industry regarding ban on
advertisements and unethical and unlawful promotion of different
brands of cigarettes.
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written to MoH
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Feb 20, 2008
New generation of tobacco products threaten efforts to
reduce tobacco use |
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An insidious new generation of tobacco products is
threatening efforts to reduce tobacco use in the
United States,
warns a new report issued today by a coalition of public
health organizations. The report describes how tobacco
manufacturers take advantage of the lack of government
regulation to design and market products that recruit new
youth users, create and sustain addiction to nicotine, and
discourage current users from quitting.
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Feb
19, 2008
The Global
Tobacco Threat |
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Three
years ago, an international treaty took effect that was designed to
help developing countries resist aggressive marketing by big tobacco
companies. The idea was that if a large number of countries
committed themselves to the same tobacco control policies —
including bans on all advertising and promotion
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Feb 15, 2008
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Nations Conclude Initial Talks on Smuggling, Counterfeiting and Illicit
Manufacturing of Tobacco Products as Global Tobacco Epidemic Worsens
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Countries launch
negotiations for anti-smuggling tobacco treaty
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WHO takes aim at tobacco
smuggling with new pact
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WHO wants treaty on
illegal tobacco trade by 2010 |
Official representatives of some 130 countries wrapped up talks in
Geneva today on a new treaty, the Illicit Trade Protocol, to curb
the smuggling, counterfeiting, and illicit manufacturing of tobacco
products.
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Feb
07, 2008
New WHO
Report on Global Tobacco Epidemic Calls on Nations to
Implement Life-Saving Tobacco Control Policies |
The World Health Organization (WHO) today released a
landmark report that makes clear both the devastating
scope of the global tobacco epidemic – it is the leading
cause of preventable death in the world today – and the
fact that it is entirely avoidable if nations implement
proven solutions.
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