Knowledge Hub on Ending Smoking

The knowledge hub is one-window access to all the data, research, and information on the tobacco use and efforts to control it in Pakistan and EMR. It provides a complete picture of the emerging alternative products in Pakistan and EMR. Evidence-based interventions can lead to legal, policy and administrative initiatives to end smoking. This hub collates the relevant knowledge from around the world to contribute to the aim of making our future smoke free.

Knowledge Hub on Ending Smoking in Pakistan

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In the moral panic over vaping, we risk forgetting that cigarettes kill

Imagine we'd found a way to get millions of people to switch from alcohol, which in this country kills 10,000 people a year, to another kind of substance: still addictive, still not risk-free, but when compared with the booze, pretty harmless. Coffee, say. A public health miracle is hailed. Liver units are empty. Heart surgeons spend more time on the golf course, and costly government prevention programmes close. Millions chink into NHS coffers.

November 12, 2024 Download

Can switching from cigarettes to heated tobacco products reduce consequences of pulmonary infection?

Rationale: While tobacco industry data suggests that switching from combustible cigarettes to heated tobacco products (HTPs), like IQOS, may reduce the users' exposure to respiratory toxicants, it is not known if using HTPs impacts the outcomes of acute respiratory infections.

October 31, 2024 Download

Transient nicotine exposure in early adolescent male mice freezes their dopamine circuits in an immature state

How nicotine acts on developing neurocircuitry in adolescence to promote later addiction vulnerability remains largely unknown, but may hold the key for informing more effective intervention efforts.

October 31, 2024 Download

Vaping causes an acute BMI-dependent change in pulmonary blood flow

Vaping use has skyrocketed especially among young adults, however there is no consensus on how vaping impacts the lungs. We aimed to determine whether there were changes in lung function acutely after a standard vaping session or if there were differences in lung function metrics between a healthy never-vaping cohort

October 31, 2024 Download

E-cigarette retail outlets in Mexico: a country that bans the sale

Introduction: Restrictive e-cigarette policies have not allowed for the characterization of the sale of these tobacco products in the countries where they are implemented. This is because it is believed that there are no stores. However, the use of e-cigarettes persists in these countries.

October 31, 2024 Download

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Health Ministry says Velo nicotine pouches non-tobacco products, not under its regulatory mandate Plant-Based Medication Helps People Quit Vaping in Trial Move to increase age cigarettes can be sold Cytisinicline effective for e-cigarette cessation Stop teens from vaping? Yes. Pull them out of their classes over it? Hold on a minute | Opinion Vape liquids may release hundreds of toxic chemicals when inhaled, study finds Forget airline miles-Gen Z and millennials are obsessed with nicotine pouch Zyn's lucrative rewards program, which includes $400 Apple watches and $600 Dyson AirWraps WHO wants 37pc hike in FED on cigarettes Health activists for tobacco tax raise to control smoking Call For Tobacco Tax Increase To Safeguard Child Rights And Public Health Study: Cannabis, Nicotine Use Increases Infant Death PASTC Urges KP Health Deptt To Prioritize Tobacco Control In Health Policy Govt Urged To Raise FED On Cigarettes By 37% In Line With WHO Guidelines 165 cigarette brands being sold 'illegally' in Pakistan: Report Call for Tobacco tax increase to safeguard Child Rights and Public Health WHO FCTC Rights Violations E-cigarettes around the world 'Historic decisions' on e-cigarettes and heated tobacco products absent at COP10 Text message-based Cessation Intervention for People who Smoked or Used Smokeless Tobacco in India: a Feasibility Randomised Controlled Trial Effectiveness of a media literacy-based smoking prevention program in female adolescents Consumer groups urge inclusivity in fight for smoke-free society PNP expresses concern over surge in minors apprehended for vaping Ministry of Finance wants 50% tax on e-cigarette atomizer Association between textual and pictorial warnings on tumbac (waterpipe tobacco) boxes and motivation to quit waterpipe smoking among Lebanese and Iraqi adolescents Health Minister Seeks Cabinet Approval For Proposed Anti-Smoking Regulations Increasing trend of vaping among women - Lukanisman Comparative evaluation of GSH, total protein and albumin levels in patients using smokeless tobacco with oral precancerous and cancerous lesions Extraction and Purification of Nicotine from Tobacco Rhizomes by Supercritical CO2 Media Search Frequency, Source Credibility About e-Cigarette Health Information, and Motivation to Quit EC Among University Students in Chengdu, China A Complete COP Out The WHO Proves It Is Interested Only in Its Own Power, Not Health GFN News #95 | THR ON THE SILVER SCREEN | Exploring the #GFN24 Film Festival with Emmanuel Mwape WHO's Disregard Called Out The Advocates Voice - March 2024 Why Is Advocacy Region - Based? Why some parents are led to think e-cigarettes are healthy (they’re not) Women in THR: Asanda Gcoyi - Full Webinar 'Vape pa more'! DOH records cases of lung injuries among minors due to e-cigarettes, seeks PNP's help A Smoke-Free Nigeria: Lessons From Sweden Don't block escape route for smokers, say activists Comparison of exhaled carbon monoxide levels and its association with nicotine dependence between electronic and tobacco cigarettes: A cross-sectional study among teenage smokers Vaping can make you more prone to Covid infection Can vaping cause cancer? Alpha5 nicotine acetylcholine receptor subunit promotes intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma metastasis Impact of electronic cigarette usage on the onset of respiratory symptoms and COPD among Chinese adults COP10: What if lives were saved? Experts Fault WHO's Approach To Tobacco Control Press Release: Experts recommend to seize the COP 10 delay as a catalyst for tobacco control innovation THE KAC GLOBAL TOBACCO HARM REDUCTION SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMME 2024/25 The 'Western Pacific Declaration'

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Estimate of Current Tobacco Smoking Prevalence (%) (Age-Standardized Rate) - Egypt

Eastern Mediterranean Region

Pakistan
Population (Millions) 212.2
Male(% of Total Pop) 51.5
Female(% of Total Pop) 48.5
Pop Growth (Annual %) 2.1
Year 2018
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Jordan
Population (Millions) 10.0
Male(% of Total Pop) 50.6
Female(% of Total Pop) 49.4
Pop Growth (Annual %) 1.8
Year 2018
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Yemen
Population (Millions) 28.5
Male(% of Total Pop) 50.4
Female(% of Total Pop) 49.6
Pop Growth (Annual %) 2.4
Year 2018
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