AI Policy

Purpose of AI on This Website

The purpose of AI on SmokeFreePakistan.org is to make public-health information easier to access, understand, and use. Many users may find research papers, legal documents, policy text, and long reports difficult to read. AI helps present such information in simpler formats.

AI support may help different users, including policymakers, researchers, journalists, students, teachers, health professionals, civil society organizations, and the general public.

• Explain complex public-health content in simple English.
• Explain website content in natural Urdu.
• Summarize long research, reports, and articles.
• Convert information into bullet points or Q&A format.
• Help users understand tobacco control laws and policy documents.
• Provide educational explanations of radio programs, drama episodes, and public-health messages.
• Support better access to tobacco control, smoking cessation, and harm reduction information.

What AI May Use to Generate Answers

AI-powered features may use different types of website information to generate answers, depending on the page or feature being used. This may include:

• Article titles, summaries, key points, and page content.
• Legal document summaries, public explanations, and original document references.
• Radio program or drama episode titles, summaries, key points, audio notes, and transcripts where available.
• Website search results and relevant page information.
• User-selected options such as language, format, tone, audience, and explanation type.
• User questions or prompts submitted through AI tools.

Where possible, AI tools are designed to use the website’s saved content as the main source of explanation.

AI Output Is for Information Only

AI-generated answers on SmokeFreePakistan.org are provided for educational and informational purposes only. They are meant to help users understand content more easily.

AI responses should not be treated as medical advice, legal advice, professional advice, official government guidance, or a substitute for expert consultation.

For personal health concerns, users should consult qualified health professionals. For legal, regulatory, or policy matters, users should refer to official documents and qualified experts.

Possible Limitations of AI

While AI can be helpful, it may not always be perfect. Users should understand that AI-generated content may sometimes be:

• Incomplete or too simplified.
• Based only on the available website content.
• Unable to understand every context or local detail.
• Not fully updated if the original website content is old.
• Different in wording from original legal, research, or policy text.
• Unsuitable for making personal medical, legal, or policy decisions without verification.

Users should verify important information from original sources, official documents, research papers, or qualified professionals.

Our AI Use Principles

SmokeFreePakistan.org aims to use AI responsibly and transparently. Our AI use is guided by the following principles:

• Public benefit: AI should support public-health awareness and access to knowledge.
• Simplicity: AI should help explain complex content in language users can understand.
• Transparency: Users should know when content is AI-generated or AI-assisted.
• Accuracy: AI should rely on available website content and avoid unsupported claims.
• Safety: AI should not replace medical, legal, or professional advice.
• Accessibility: AI should support both English and Urdu users where possible.
• Human responsibility: Important information should be checked against original sources.

English and Urdu AI Content

SmokeFreePakistan.org may offer AI-generated explanations in both English and Urdu. Urdu outputs are intended to make public-health information easier for Pakistani readers, students, families, and general users.

AI-generated translations or Urdu explanations may not always be word-for-word translations. They may simplify or explain the meaning of content to improve understanding.

For official interpretation of legal, medical, or policy content, users should consult the original document and relevant experts.

AI and Legal Documents

Some pages may use AI to explain legal documents, government notifications, tobacco control laws, regulations, or policy materials in simple language.

These explanations are provided only to help users understand the general meaning of the document. They are not legal advice and should not be used as a final legal interpretation.

Users should always refer to the original legal document and consult a qualified legal professional for legal interpretation or action.

AI and Health Information

AI may help explain topics such as tobacco harms, smoking cessation, nicotine use, second-hand smoke, public-health risks, and harm reduction.

These AI responses are for general awareness only. They should not be used to diagnose, treat, or manage any health condition.

People who want to quit smoking or need health support should consult qualified health professionals or appropriate cessation services.

User Privacy and AI Questions

Users should avoid entering personal, private, confidential, medical, legal, or sensitive information into AI tools on the website.

AI questions, selected options, and related logs may be used to generate responses, improve website performance, troubleshoot issues, and understand how users interact with the website.

For more information about how information is handled, please read our Privacy Policy.

Human Review and Content Improvement

SmokeFreePakistan.org may review, edit, improve, or update AI-assisted content when needed. AI outputs may also help prepare draft summaries, explanations, social media messages, and educational material, but human review may be used before publishing important content.

We aim to improve AI-supported features over time so that users receive clearer, safer, and more useful information.

Misuse of AI Features

Users should not use AI features on SmokeFreePakistan.org for harmful, unlawful, misleading, abusive, spam, or inappropriate purposes.

• Do not use AI tools to create false or misleading health claims.
• Do not use AI tools to generate abusive, defamatory, or harmful content.
• Do not submit private information about other people.
• Do not use AI tools to bypass website security or overload the website.
• Do not present AI-generated content as official medical, legal, or government advice.

We may limit, disable, or modify AI features if they are misused or create risk for users or the website.

Updates to This AI Policy

We may update this AI Policy as website features, AI tools, public-health content, technical systems, or operational practices change.

Any updated version will be posted on this page with a revised update date.

Contact Us

If you have questions about this AI Policy or the use of AI-powered features on SmokeFreePakistan.org, please contact:

Alternative Research Initiative (ARI)

Website: www.smokefreepakistan.org

Main organization website: www.aripk.com