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Pakistan president urges tougher anti-tobacco laws, warns industry targeting youth

  • Zardari says children remain vulnerable as tobacco firms use new products and marketing tactics
  • President links tobacco use to rising burden of cancer, heart disease and respiratory illnesses
By Arab News Pakistan ·

Tobacco kills 164,000 people annually in Pakistan, costs economy $6.6 billion — WHO

By Arab News Pakistan ·

Tobacco conference to weigh up stubbing out cigarette butts

By AFP ·

Turkmenistan bids to go tobacco-free in 2025

By AFP ·
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What other Arab countries can learn from Saudi Arabia’s fight against tobacco use

By Nadia Al Faour ·
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Tobacco majors spent billions on R&D of reduced-risk alternatives to smoking since 2008, says exec

By Dana Alomar ·

EU proposes ban on flavored heated tobacco products

By AP ·
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Public health, government’s tax revenues at risk as Philip Morris executive expects Saudi illicit tobacco sales at 25%

By Wael Mahdi and Theresa Stevens ·
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Can the Arab world contemplate a future without tobacco use?

By Farah Heiba ·

Pakistan wins WHO award for anti-tobacco campaign

By Arab News Pakistan ·

COVID-19 drives tobacco farmers to the brink

By AFP ·

Malawi tobacco pressured as US butts in over labor abuses

By AFP ·

WHO hails progress in fight against tobacco but wants more

By Reuters ·

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